by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Get you hence, for I must go
Language: English
AUTOLYCUS: Get you hence, for I must go Where it fits not you to know. DORICLES: Whither? MOPSA: O, whither? DORICLES: Whither? MOPSA: It becomes thy oath full well, Thou to me thy secrets tell. DORICLES: Me too; let me go thither. MOPSA: Or thou goest to th' grange, or mill. DORICLES: If to either, thou dost ill. AUTOLYCUS: Neither. DORICLES: What, neither? AUTOLYCUS: Neither. DORICLES: Thou hast sworn my love to be. MOPSA: Thou hast sworn it more to me: Then whither goest? say, whither?
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Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in A Winter's Tale, Act IV, Scene 4 [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 Marc Blitzstein (1905 - 1964), "Autolycus-Dorcas-Mopsa Trio", published 1958. [ sung text not verified ]
- by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895 - 1968), "Two maids wooing a man" [voice and piano], from Shakespeare Songs, Book VIII, no. 3. [ sung text not verified ]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (François Pierre Guillaume Guizot) , no title
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This text was added to the website: 2006-11-24
Line count: 17
Word count: 86