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Title: I see she flies me

Composer: Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

Author: John Dryden (1631-1700)

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• PDF: I see she flies me
• Key: G Minor
• Range: D4 - G5
• Note: I have corrected the text in this edition by removing the s from the end of discover, noting that it broke the rhyme. However, the original Orpheus Brittanicus also has “discovers.” This edition is available uncorrected from Google Books. (See source)
• Source: Six Songs by Henry Purcell

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I see she flies me ev’rywhere,
Her eyes her scorn discover;
But what’s her scorn or my despair,
Since ’tis my fate to love her.
Were she but kind whom I adore,
I might live longer, but not love her more.

• Recmusic.org has the text.

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