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I live, and yet methinks I do not breathe

John Wilbye 1574 (Diss) – 1638 (Colchester)

I live, and yet methinks I do not breathe,
I thirst, and drink, and drink, and thirst again,
I sleep, and yet I dream I am awake,
I hope for that I have; I have and want:
I sing and sigh; I love and hate at once.
Oh! tell me, restless soul, what uncouth jar
Doth cause such want in store, in peace such war?

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 309
Words 67
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 7
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John Wilbye

John Wilbye (baptized 7 March 1574 – September 1638) was an English madrigal composer. more…

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