Cleopatra to the Asp

Lie thou where Life hath lain,
And let thy swifter pain
His rival prove;
Till, like the fertile Nile,
Death buries, mile for mile,
This waste of Love.

Soft! Soft! A sweeter kiss
Than Antony's is this!
O regal Shade,
Luxurious as sleep
Upon thy bosom deep
My heart is laid.

Submitted by Barbara Miller

Authorship

• by John Banister Tabb (1845 - 1909) [ author's text not yet checked 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 Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884 - 1920), "Cleopatra to the Asp", A. Add. 5 (1912?). [high voice or medium voice and piano] [
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