by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Come unto these yellow sands See original
Language: English
Come unto these yellow sands,
And then take hands:
Curtsied when you have and kissed,
The wild waves whist:
Foot it featly here and there;
And, sweet sprites, the burthen bear.
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Composition:
- Set to music by Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (1867 - 1944), "Come unto these yellow sands", op. 39 no. 2 (1897), stanza 1, from Three Shakespeare choruses, no. 2
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):
- ENG English (Andrea Maffei) , no title, first published 1869
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Paavo Cajander)
- FRE French (Français) (Guy de Pourtalès)
- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo) , no title
- FRE French (Français) (Maurice Bouchor)
- SWE Swedish (Svenska) (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist)
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 13
Word count: 53