I attempt from love's sickness to fly, Z 630/17c (Henry Purcell)
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CPDL #29871: []
- Editor: Shaun Pirttijarvi (submitted 2013-08-18). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 59 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: For soprano solo and basso continuo.
- CPDL #24602:
- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2011-09-25). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 70 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: This STB arrangement is by Joseph Corfe, a fellow Gentleman of the Chapel Royal of a later generation, for use in the glee club repertoire. Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download.
- CPDL #05104:
Encore
- Editor: Angelo Dias (submitted 2003-05-19). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 136 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Encore file is zipped.
General Information
Title: I attempt from love's sickness to fly
Composer: Henry Purcell
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: TTB
Genre: Secular, Opera
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published:
Description: From Purcell's opera The Indian Queen.
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Original text and translations
English text
I attempt from love's sickness to fly in vain,
For I am myself my own fever and pain.
No more now, fond heart, with pride no more swell,
Thou canst not raise forces enough to rebel;
I attempt from love's sickness to fly in vain,
For I am myself my own fever and pain.
For love has more power and less mercy than fate,
To make us seek ruin and love those that hate.
I attempt from love's sickness to fly in vain,
Since I am myself my own fever and pain.