possibly by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Fair was the morn when the fair queen of...
Language: English
Our translations: FIN
Fair was the morn when the fair queen of love, Paler for sorrow than her milk-white dove, For Adon's sake, a youngster proud and wild; Her stand she takes upon a steep-up hill: Anon Adonis comes with horn and hounds; She, silly queen, with more than love's good will, Forbade the boy he should not [pass]1 those grounds: "Once", quoth she, "did I see a fair sweet youth Here in these brakes deep-wounded with a boar, Deep in the thigh, a spectacle of ruth! See, in my thigh", quoth she, "here was the sore." She showed hers: he saw more wounds than one, And blushing fled, and left her all alone.
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)1 Johansson: "be on"
Text Authorship:
- possibly by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in The Passionate Pilgrim, no. 9, first published 1599 [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 Bengt Johansson (1914 - 1989), "Venus and Adonis, IV Encounter", 1972-4 [ chorus ], from Venus and Adonis I-IV, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo)
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-12-05
Line count: 13
Word count: 112