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Of flattring speach with sugred words beware: | |||
Of flattring speach with sugred words beware: | Suspect the heart, whose face doth fawne and smile, | ||
Suspect the heart, whose face doth fawne and smile, | With trusting these the world is clogde with care, | ||
With trusting these the world is clogde with care, | And few there be can scape these Vipers vile, | ||
And few there be can scape these Vipers vile, | With pleasing speach they promise and protest, | ||
With pleasing speach they promise and protest, | |||
When hatefull hearts lye hid within their brest. | When hatefull hearts lye hid within their brest. | ||
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[[Category:Renaissance music]] | [[Category:Renaissance music]] |
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- CPDL #14878: NoteWorthy Composer
- Editor: Brian Russell (submitted 2007-09-09). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 24 kB Copyright: CPDL
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- CPDL #05419: Sibelius 4
- Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2003-08-11). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 84 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Revised Oct 08
General Information
Title: Of flattering speech
Composer: William Byrd
Lyricist: Geoffrey Whitney (c.1548 - c.1601)
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: SST
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Published: Psalmes, Songs, and Sonnets... (1611), no. 2
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Original text and translations
English text
Of flattring speach with sugred words beware:
Suspect the heart, whose face doth fawne and smile,
With trusting these the world is clogde with care,
And few there be can scape these Vipers vile,
With pleasing speach they promise and protest,
When hatefull hearts lye hid within their brest.