by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
For shame! deny that thou bear'st love...
Language: English
Available translation(s): ITA
For shame! deny that thou bear'st love to any, Who for thy self art so unprovident. Grant, if thou wilt, thou art belov'd of many, But that thou none lov'st is most evident: For thou art so possess'd with murd'rous hate That 'gainst thy self thou stick'st not to conspire, Seeking that beauteous roof to ruinate Which to repair should be thy chief desire. O! change thy thought, that I may change my mind! Shall hate be fairer lodg'd than gentle love? Be, as thy presence is, gracious and kind, Or to thyself at least kind-hearted prove: Make thee another self for love of me, That beauty still may live in thine or thee.
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Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Sonnets, no. 10 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by David Leo Diamond (1915 - 2005), "For shame deny that thou bear'st love to any", 1964, published 1967 [high voice and piano], from We Two, no. 4, New York : Southern [text verified 1 time]
- by Richard Simpson (1820 - 1876), "Sonnet X", 1864-5. [high voice and piano] [text not verified]
- by David Winkler , "Sonnet X", 1982 [SATB quartet and piano], from Cycle for Several Voices and Piano, no. 10. [text not verified]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , title 1: "Per tua vergogna neghi di amare qualcuno", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (François Pierre Guillaume Guizot) , no title, from Oeuvres Complètes de Shakspeare Volume VIII, in Sonnets, no. 10, published 1863
- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo) , no title, from Sonnets de Shakespeare, no. 10, published 1857
Researcher for this page: Barbara Miller
This text was added to the website: 2005-08-31
Line count: 14
Word count: 114