Pur venisti, cor mio

Pur venisti, cor mio, 
E pur t'ho qui presente, e pur ti veggio,
E non dorm'e non sogn'e non vaneggio. 
Venisti sì, ma fuggi 
Sì ratto che mi struggi. 
Ahi fuggitiva vista degl'amanti, 
Come sogno sei tu d'occhi veggianti.

by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538-1612)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Sigismondo d'India (1582?-1629?) , "Pur venisti, cor mio", 1607, from Il primo libro de madrigali a cinque voci, no. 12.

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