by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Take up her bed
Language: English
Our translations: FRE
Take up her bed, She looks like sleep, As she would catch another Antony In her strong toil of grace. Take up her bed, She looks like sleep, And bear her women from the monument. She shall be buried by her Antony. No grave on earth shall clasp in it A pair so famous. Our army shall In solemn show attend this funeral, And then to Rome.
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Text Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Antony and Cleopatra, Act V, Scene 2, first published 1607 [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 Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981), "On the death of Cleopatra", op. 40 no. 2 (1968), published 1968 [mixed chorus, piano], from Two Choruses from "Anthony and Cleopatra", no. 2. [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "La mort de Cléopâtre", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2007-05-23
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Word count: 67