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Despiteful thus unto myself, I languish

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

Despiteful thus unto myself, I languish,
And in disdain, myself from joy I banish,
These secret thoughts enwrap me so in anguish,
That life, I hope. will soon from body vanish;
And to some rest will quickly be conveyed,
That on no joy, while so I liv’d, hath stayed.