I attempt from love's sickness to fly, Z 630/17c (Henry Purcell)

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Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2011-09-25).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 70 kB   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes: This STB arrangement is by Joseph Corfe, a fellow Gentleman of the Chapel Royal of a later generation, for use in the glee club repertoire. Please click on the link for preview/playback. Free registration at external website required for PDF download.
Editor: Angelo Dias (submitted 2003-05-19).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 136 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Encore file is zipped.

General Information

Title: I attempt from love's sickness to fly
Composer: Henry Purcell

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: TTB

Genre: SecularOpera

Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published:

Description: From Purcell's opera The Indian Queen.

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Original text and translations

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I attempt from love's sickness to fly in vain,
For I am myself my own fever and pain.

No more now, fond heart, with pride no more swell,
Thou canst not raise forces enough to rebel;

I attempt from love's sickness to fly in vain,
For I am myself my own fever and pain.

For love has more power and less mercy than fate,
To make us seek ruin and love those that hate.

I attempt from love's sickness to fly in vain,
Since I am myself my own fever and pain.