Hope of my heart (John Ward)
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General Information
Title: Hope of my heart
Composer: John Ward
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1613 The First set of English Madrigales, London
2nd published: 1900 in Ausgewählte Madrigale und mehrstimmige Gesänge , Book I, no. 11
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Original text and translations
English text
Hope of my heart,
Oh, wherefore do the words
Which your sweet tongue affords
No hope impart?
But cruel without measure
To my eternal pain.
Still thunder forth disdain,
On him whose life depends upon your pleasure.