Three Shakespeare Songs

Song Cycle by Daniel Gilliam (b. 1978)

1. Pardon, goddess of the night [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English

Pardon, goddess of the night,
Those that slew thy virgin knight;
For the which, with songs of woe,
Round about her tomb they go.
Midnight, assist our moan;
Help us to sigh and groan,
Heavily, heavily:
Graves, yawn, and yield your dead,
Till death be uttered,
Heavily, heavily.

Text Authorship:

by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Much Ado About Nothing, Act V, Scene 2

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FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo) , no title, appears in Beaucoup de bruit pour rien

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2. The god of love [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English

The god of love,
That sits above,
And knows me, and knows me,
How pitiful I deserve.

Text Authorship:

by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Much Ado About Nothing, Act V, Scene 2

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo) , no title, appears in Beaucoup de bruit pour rien

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3. Full fathom five [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English

Full fathom five thy father lies,
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes:
Nothing of him that doth fade,
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell:
[Ding-dong.]¹
Hark! now I hear them, - ding-dong bell.

Text Authorship:

by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in The Tempest, Act I, Scene 2

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

FRE French (Français) (Guy de Pourtalès)
FRE French (Français) (Maurice Bouchor)
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Andrea Maffei) , no title, first published 1869
SWE Swedish (Svenska) (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist)

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¹ omitted by Ives.

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Total word count: 113