There, where I saw her lovely beauty painted

John Wilbye 1574 (Diss) – 1638 (Colchester)



There, where I saw her lovely beauty painted,
Where, Venus-like, my sacred goddess shineth,
There, with *precellent object mine eyes fainted,
That fair, but fatal star, my dole divineth.
As soon as morning in her light appeareth,
Her sweet salute, my mind o’erclouded, cleareth;
When night again the day’s delight bereaveth,
My heart’s true sacrifice she quick receiveth:
But night and day she craftily forsakes me,
To tedious day, to loathsome night betakes me.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABCBBBBBDD
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 467
Words 76
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10

John Wilbye

John Wilbye (baptized 7 March 1574 – September 1638) was an English madrigal composer. more…

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