I feign not friendship where I hate (Orlando Gibbons)
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- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2017-10-29). Score information: A4, 6 pages, 77 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Reformatting of an edition by Harrie Collins, with minor adjustments to slurring.
General Information
Title: I feign not friendship where I hate
Composer: Orlando Gibbons
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1612 in The First Set of Madrigals and Mottets, no. 6
2nd published: 1900 in Ausgewählte Madrigale und mehrstimmige Gesänge , Book III, no. 3
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Original text and translations
English text
I feign not friendship where I hate,
I fawn not on the great for grace,
I prize, I praise a mean estate,
Ne yet too lofty, nor too base,
This, this is all my choice, my cheer,
A mind content, and conscience clear.