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<poem> | |||
O sweet, alas, what say you? | |||
Ay me, that face discloses. | |||
The Scarlet blush of sweet vermilion Roses, | |||
and yet alas, | |||
I know not if such a crimson staining | |||
be for love or disdaining. | |||
But if of love it grow not, | |||
be it disdain conceived, | |||
to see us of love's fruits so long bereaved. | |||
</poem> | |||
[[Category:Sheet music]] | [[Category:Sheet music]] |
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Title: O sweet alas what say you
Composer: Thomas Morley
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SSAT
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
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Original text and translations
English text
O sweet, alas, what say you?
Ay me, that face discloses.
The Scarlet blush of sweet vermilion Roses,
and yet alas,
I know not if such a crimson staining
be for love or disdaining.
But if of love it grow not,
be it disdain conceived,
to see us of love's fruits so long bereaved.