by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Translation by Charles Jennens (1700 - 1773)
As steals the morn upon the night
Language: English  after the English
Available translation(s): ITA
As steals the morn upon the night, And melts the shades away: So Truth does Fancy's charm dissolve, And rising Reason puts to flight The fumes that did the mind involve, Restoring intellectual day.
Authorship:
- by Charles Jennens (1700 - 1773), written 1740 [an adaptation] [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in The Tempest, Act V, Scene 1, vv. 65 - 68
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "As steals the morn upon the night", HWV. 55 no. 3 [duet], from L'allegro, il penseroso ed il moderato, no. 3. [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Come il mattino porta via la notte", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2008-08-09
Line count: 6
Word count: 34