The man of life vpright,
Whose guiltlesse hart is free
From all dishonest deedes,
Or thought of vanitie,
The man whose silent dayes,
In harmeles ioys are spent,
Whom hopes cannot delude,
Nor sorrow discontent ;
That man needs neither towers
Nor armour for defence,
Nor secret vautes to flie
From thunders violence.
Hee onely can behold
With vnafrighted eyes
The horrours of the deepe
And terrours of the Skies.
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Two Songs
Song Cycle by Theo Loevendie (b. 1930)
1. The man of life upright  [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
Authorship:
- by Thomas Campion (1567 - 1620), first published 1601
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]2. As fast as thou shalt wane  [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
As fast as thou shalt wane, so fast thou grow'st
In one of thine, from that which thou departest;
And that fresh blood which youngly thou bestow'st
Thou may'st call thine when thou from youth convertest.
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Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Sonnets, no. 11
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (François Pierre Guillaume Guizot) , no title, appears in Œuvres Complètes de Shakspeare Volume VIII, in Sonnets, no. 11, first published 1863
- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo) , no title, appears in Sonnets de Shakespeare, no. 11, first published 1857
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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