How art thou thralled (Orlando Gibbons)
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- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2017-10-28). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 59 kB Copyright: CPDL
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Title: How art thou thralled
Composer: Orlando Gibbons
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SSTTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1612 in The First Set of Madrigals and Mottets, no. 7
Description: 1st part. 2nd part is Farewell all joys.
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Original text and translations
English text
How art thou thralled, O poor despised creature,
Since by creation nature made thee free?
O traitorous eyes, to gaze so on her feature,
That quits with scorn thy dear lost liberty.