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Yet, sweet, take heed

John Wilbye 1574 (Diss) – 1638 (Colchester)



Yet, sweet, take heed, all sweets are hard to get;
Sting not her soft lips, Oh beware of that:
For if one flaming dart come from her eye,
Was never dart so sharp, ah, then you die!

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Scheme ABCC
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 185
Words 39
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4

John Wilbye

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

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