All pleasure is of this condition (John Wilbye)

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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: SecularMadrigal

Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published:

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Original text and translations

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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.