by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Sweet love, renew thy force; be it not...
Language: English
Sweet love, renew thy force; be it not said Thy edge should blunter be than appetite, Which but to-day by feeding is allay'd, To-morrow sharpened in his former might: So, love, be thou, although to-day thou fill Thy hungry eyes, even till they wink with fulness, To-morrow see again, and do not kill The spirit of love, with a perpetual dulness. Let this sad interim like the ocean be Which parts the shore, where two contracted new Come daily to the banks, that when they see Return of love, more blest may be the view; Or call it winter, which being full of care, Makes summer's welcome, thrice more wished, more rare.
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Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Sonnets, no. 56 [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 Richard Simpson (1820 - 1876), "Sonnet LVI", 1865 [medium voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Pierre Jean Jouve (1887 - 1976) , copyright © ; composed by Georges Delerue.
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- Also set in Polish (Polski), a translation by Maciej Słomczyński (1922 - 1998) FRE ; composed by Tadeusz Baird.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo) , no title, appears in Sonnets de Shakespeare, no. 56, first published 1857
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This text was added to the website: 2009-09-16
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Word count: 112