What a sad Fate (Henry Purcell)
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General Information
Title: What a sad Fate
Composer: Henry Purcell
Number of voices: 1v Voicing: Solo Soprano
Genre: Secular, Aria
Language: English
Instruments: Bass continuo
Published: unknown
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Original text and translations
What a sad Fate is mine?
My Love is my crime;
Why shou'd she be more easy, and free
to all, than to me,
But if by disdain,
she can lessen my pain,
'tis all I implore;
to make me Love less, or her self to Love more.
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