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Henry Lichfield
(fl.1613)
Cruel, let my heart be blessed
(S.S.A.T.B.)
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Of Lichfield little is known, except that the dedication of his sole printed set of madrigals (from which this item comes) shows him to have been in the service of Lady Cheyney of Toddington, Beds.
Lyrics: Anon, probably the composer
Cruel, let my heart be blessed;
No life is sweet with heart oppressed.
For though my greater griefs be flying,
My smile is turned to sighing.
And when I would thy praise be singing,
Alas, my heart is sore with stinging.
Yet for this woe if thou dost languish,
O then I die with anguish.
Cruel, let my heart be blessed;
No life is sweet with heart oppressed.
For though my greater griefs be flying,
My smile is turned to sighing.
And when I would thy praise be singing,
Alas, my heart is sore with stinging.
Yet for this woe if thou dost languish,
O then I die with anguish.