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Text
Flora gave me fairest flowers
English source:
Anon.
Flora gave me fairest flowers,
None so fair in Flora’s treasure.
These I placed on Phyllis’ bowers,
She was pleased, and she my pleasure.
Smiling meadows seem to say:
Come, ye wantons, here to play.
None so fair in Flora’s treasure.
These I placed on Phyllis’ bowers,
She was pleased, and she my pleasure.
Smiling meadows seem to say:
Come, ye wantons, here to play.
Composer
John Wilbye
John Wilbye was an English madrigal composer.