by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)

Language: English 
 ... 
    Double, double toil and trouble;
    Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.
    Fillet of a fenny snake,
    In the cauldron boil and bake;
    Eye of newt and toe of frog,
    Wool of bat and tongue of dog,
    Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting,
    Lizard's leg and owlet's wing,
    For a charm of powerful trouble,
    Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.
    Double, double toil and trouble;
    Fire burn and cauldron bubble.
 ... 
    Cool it with a baboon's blood,
    Then the charm is firm and good.

Composition:

    Set to music by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Song of the witches", 2010, lines 10-21,37-38 [ counter-tenor and piano ]

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This text was added to the website: 2019-05-09
Line count: 48
Word count: 226