Ah, cruel hateful Fortune (George Kirbye)
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General Information
Title: Ah, cruel hateful Fortune
Composer: George Kirbye
Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: SSATTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1597
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Original text and translations
English text
Ah! Cruel, hateful Fortune!
now must I Death importune,
since that I am of all my Hope deprived,
nor but for Sorrow had my soul survived,
only this hope doth rest for my contentment,
that Fortune, tir'd, will yield me some amendment.
