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I love, alas, yet am I not beloved
Staff Notation • Secular, Partsongs
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I love, alas, yet am I not beloved by Jennifer Bastable — Lyrics
I love, alas, yet am I not beloved;
My suits are all rejected,
And all my looks suspected.
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About I love, alas, yet am I not beloved
Jennifer Bastable's I love, alas, yet am I not beloved is a setting for SATB choir of an English secular text. The composer's music reflects the pathos of the words, which speak of unrequited love and dashed hopes. The opening lines lament, 'I love, alas, yet am I not beloved; My suits are all rejected, And all my looks suspected.' The text concludes with a bitter realisation: 'Experience now too late hath proved, That 'twas in vain that erst I loved.' This is a poignant expression of romantic disappointment, rendered with sensitivity and emotional depth.
