Lo! here my heart I leave (George Kirbye)
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CPDL #25472: [ Capella]
- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2012-01-25). Score information: A4, 6 pages, 53 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: From the 1892 edition, edited by G. E. P. Arkwright. Transposed down a major second.
General Information
Title: Lo! here my heart I leave
Composer: George Kirbye
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1597
Description: No. 1 from The first set of English madrigalls to 4, 5 & 6 voyces
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Original text and translations
English text
Lo! here my heart I leave with her remaining,
That never yet did deign to do me pleasure;
And, when I seek to move her with complaining,
She scorns my sighs and tears, alas, past measure.
Sweet love, O turn her heart at last and joy me,
Or else her deep disdain will soon destroy me.