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Disdain that so doth fill me, | |||
hath surely sworn to kill mee, | |||
and I must die. | |||
Desire that still doth burn me | |||
to life again will turn me, | |||
and live must I. | |||
O kill me then disdain | |||
that I may live again. | |||
Thy looks are life unto me | |||
and yet those looks undo me: | |||
O death and life. | |||
Thy smile some rest doth show me, | |||
thy frown with warre o'erthrow me: | |||
O peace and strife. | |||
Nor life nor death is either, | |||
then give me both or neither. | |||
Life only cannot please me, | |||
death only cannot ease me: | |||
change is delight. | |||
I live, that death may kill me, | |||
I die, that life can fill me, | |||
both day and night. | |||
If once despair decay, | |||
desire will wear away.}} | |||
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General Information
Title: Disdaine that so doth fill me
Composer: Martin Peerson
Lyricist: Anonymous
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Consort song
Language: English
Instruments: Viol consort
First published: 1620
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Original text and translations
English text
Disdain that so doth fill me,
hath surely sworn to kill mee,
and I must die.
Desire that still doth burn me
to life again will turn me,
and live must I.
O kill me then disdain
that I may live again.
Thy looks are life unto me
and yet those looks undo me:
O death and life.
Thy smile some rest doth show me,
thy frown with warre o'erthrow me:
O peace and strife.
Nor life nor death is either,
then give me both or neither.
Life only cannot please me,
death only cannot ease me:
change is delight.
I live, that death may kill me,
I die, that life can fill me,
both day and night.
If once despair decay,
desire will wear away.