O let me weep, Z 629/40 (Henry Purcell)
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- Editor: William Long (submitted 2006-07-17). Score information: Letter, 14 pages, 184 kB Copyright: CPDL
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General Information
Title: O let me weep
Composer: Henry Purcell
Larger work: The Fairy-Queen
Number of voices: 1v Voicing: Soprano solo
Genre: Secular, Aria
Language: English
Instruments: Alto recorder (or violin) and basso continuo realized for keyboard, guitar, or baroque guitar
First published: 1689
Description: From The Faerie Queen, Act V.
External websites:
- Free choir training aids for this work are available at Choralia.
Original text
English text
O let me forever weep!
My Eyes no more shall welcome sleep:
I'll hide me from the sight of Day,
and sigh my Soul away.
He's gone, his loss deplore;
and I shall never see him more.
O let me weep! forever weep!