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- CPDL #6648: Encore
- Editor: Ken Williams (submitted 2004-02-04). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 196 kbytes Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Encore file is zipped.
General Information
Title: All Pleasure is of this Condition
Composer: John Wilbye
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
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Original text and translations
English text
All pleasure is of this condition,
it pricks men forward to fruition,
but if enjoy'd, then like the humming Bee,
the honey being shed, away doth flee;
but leaves a sting, that wounds the inward heart
with gnawing grief and never-ending smart.