Alas, what hope of speeding (John Wilbye)
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Title: Alas, what hope of speeding
Composer: John Wilbye
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
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Original text and translations
English text
Alas what hope of speeding
Where hope beguiled lies bleeding?
She bade come when she spied me,
And when I came she flied me.
Thus when I was beguiled,
She at my sighing smiled.
But if you take such pleasure
Of hope and joy my treasure,
By deceit to bereave me,
Love me, and so deceive me.
Categories: SATB | Secular music | Madrigals | A cappella | English texts | Texts | Sheet music | Renaissance music
