Unkind, O, stay thy flying!

John Wilbye 1574 (Diss) – 1638 (Colchester)



Unkind, O, stay thy flying!
And if I needs must die, pity me dying.
But in thee, my heart is lying
And no death can assail me,
Alas! till life doth fail thee,
Oh therefore, if the fates bid thee be fleeting,
Stay for me, whose poor heart thou hast in keeping.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme AAABBAA
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 262
Words 54
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 7

John Wilbye

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

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