by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
My Sweet Mistress
Language: English
Ferdinand My sweet mistress, she weeps when she sees me work. My sweet mistress, the mistress I serve quickens what's dead and makes my labors pleasures! There be some sports are painful! And their labours delight in them. Some kinds of baseness are nobly undergone. My sweet mistress, she weeps for me.
Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), appears in The Tempest, Act III, Scene 1 [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "My Sweet Mistress", 1989 [ tenor and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo)
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2007-05-11
Line count: 10
Word count: 52