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Where most my thoughts

John Wilbye 1574 (Diss) – 1638 (Colchester)

Where most my thoughts, there least mine eye is striking;
Where least I come, there most my heart abideth;
Where most I love, I never show my liking;
From what my mind doth hold, my body slideth:
I careless seem, where most my care dependeth;
A coy regard, where most my soul attendeth.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Scheme ABABBB
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 289
Words 55
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
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John Wilbye (baptized 7 March 1574 – September 1638) was an English madrigal composer. more…

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