by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Translation by François Pierre Guillaume Guizot (1787 - 1874)
Look how the floor of heaven
Language: English
Look how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold: There's not the smallest orb which thou behold'st But in his motion like an angel sings, Still quiring to the young-eyed cherubins; Such harmony is in immortal souls; But whilst this muddy vesture of decay Doth grossly close it in, we cannot hear it.
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Text Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in The Merchant of Venice, Act V, Scene 1 [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 Ross Lee Finney (1906 - 1997), "Look how the floor of Heaven", from Three 17th Century Lyrics, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Virgil Garnett Thomson (1896 - 1989), "Look, how the floor of heaven", published 1963 [ voice and piano ], H. W. Gray [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (François Pierre Guillaume Guizot) , no title
- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo) , no title
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-12-09
Line count: 8
Word count: 58
Vois comme la voûte des cieux
Language: French (Français) after the English
Vois comme la voûte des cieux est incrustée de disques brillants. Parmi tous ces globes que tu vois, il n'y a pas jusqu'au plus petit, dont les mouvements ne produisent une musique angélique en accord avec les concerts des chérubins, à l’œil plein de jeunesse. Telle est l'harmonie qui se révèle aux âmes immortelles: mais tant que notre âme est enclose dans cette grossière enveloppe d'une argile périssable, nous sommes incapables de l'entendre.
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Text Authorship:
- by François Pierre Guillaume Guizot (1787 - 1874), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in The Merchant of Venice, Act V, Scene 1
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2015-02-19
Line count: 8
Word count: 73