All pleasure is of this condition (John Wilbye)

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• CPDL #6648: Encore

Editor: Ken Williams (submitted 2004-02-04).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 196 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Encore file is zipped.

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Title: All Pleasure is of this Condition
Composer: John Wilbye

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB
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Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
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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.