by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Translation by Charles Jennens (1700 - 1773)
As steals the morn upon the night Matches base text
Language: English after the English
Our translations: ITA
As steals the morn upon the night, And melts the shades away: So Truth does Fancy's charm dissolve, And rising Reason puts to flight The fumes that did the mind involve, Restoring intellectual day.
Composition:
- Set to music by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "As steals the morn upon the night", HWV. 55 no. 3 [ duet ], from L'allegro, il penseroso ed il moderato, no. 3
Text Authorship:
- by Charles Jennens (1700 - 1773), written 1740 [an adaptation]
Based on:
- a text in English by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in The Tempest, Act V, Scene 1, vv. 65 - 68
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Come il mattino porta via la notte", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2008-08-09
Line count: 6
Word count: 34