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Come, Sleep, and with thy sweet deceiving Lock me in delight awhile; Let some pleasing [dreams]1 beguile All my fancies; that from thence [I may feel]2 an influence All my powers of care bereaving. Though but a shadow, but a sliding, Let me know some little joy! We that suffer long annoy Are contented with a thought [Through]3 an idle fancy wrought: O let my joys have some abiding!
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Gurney: "dream"
2 Warlock: "There may steal"
3 Clarke: "By"
Text Authorship:
- by John Fletcher (1579 - 1625), "Sleep", appears in The Woman Hater, first published 1607 [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 Rebecca Clarke (1886 - 1979), "Sleep", 1926 [ vocal duet with piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912 - 1990), "Come sleep", published 1938 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ivor (Bertie) Gurney (1890 - 1937), "Sleep", 1914, published 1920 [ mezzo-soprano and instrumental ensemble ], from Five Elizabethan Songs (The Elizas), no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by John Jeffreys (1927 - 2010), "Sleep" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Humphrey Procter-Gregg (1895 - 1980), "Sleep" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "Come, Sleep", op. 223 (1949) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "Come, Sleep", op. 304 (1951) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "Come, Sleep", op. 415 (1953) [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "Come, Sleep", op. 574 (1960) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Peter Warlock (1894 - 1930), "Sleep", 1922, published 1923 [ voice and piano or string quartet ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Sommeil", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Julia Hamann) , "Schlaf", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (José Miguel Llata) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 72
Ven Sueño, y con tu dulce engaño enciérrame por un instante en el placer. Deja que algunos sueños agradables acunen todas mis ilusiones; que desde ese momento pueda sentir una influencia que me prive de todas mis preocupaciones. Aunque no seas más que una sombra, un desliz, ¡hazme sentir alguna pequeña alegría! Los que soportamos una gran desazón nos contentamos con un pensamiento provocado por una vana ilusión. ¡Oh, deja que mis alegrías duren un poco!
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Translation of titles
"Sleep" = "Sueño"
"Come sleep" = "Ven Sueño"
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- Translation from English to Spanish (Español) copyright © 2018 by José Miguel Llata, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in English by John Fletcher (1579 - 1625), "Sleep", appears in The Woman Hater, first published 1607
This text was added to the website: 2018-11-13
Line count: 12
Word count: 76