Ay me, that life should yet remain - Lichfield, Henry

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⌛ Period → Renaissance ◈ Genre → Madrigals ♬ Voicing → SSATB ¶ Language → English

Parts 5

Instruments a capella

Pages 5

CPDL # 81974

Editor Christopher Shaw

Posted 2024-09-15

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¶Lyrics / Text

Ay me, that life should yet remain, When heart and living spirits are bereft me. Ay me, than thus to live in pain, It better were no life at all were left me. Then die betimes, that when my heart return That may die too, and so I cease to mourn.