Sweet love, O cease thy flying (George Kirbye)

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• CPDL #25526:  Capella

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2012-02-03).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 39 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Based on the 1891 edition by G. E. P. Arkwright, with minor corrections, and transposed up a tone.

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Title: Sweet love, O cease thy flying
Composer: George Kirbye

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB

Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1597

Description: No. 15 from The first set of English madrigalls to 4, 5 & 6 voyces (George Kirbye).

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Original text and translations

English text

Sweet love, O cease thy flying
And pity me now dying.
With haste make thy returning
And quench my restless burning,
That I by you redressed
May be reviv’d, and honour you as blessed.