O fly not (Thomas Morley)

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General Information

Title: O fly not
Composer: Thomas Morley

Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: SAT
Genre: Secular, Madrigals
Language: English
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Published: 1593

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Original text and translations

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O fly not, O take some pity,
I faint alas, I faint; O stay, stay her,
See how she flies;
O stay and hear my prayer,
with one sweet look
you may of torment ease me,
I am no ti ger fierce tat seeks to spill thee;
no I see, thou dost but this to kill me.
Lo then I die, and all to please thee

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