by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Fear no more the heat o' the sun See original
Language: English
GUIDERIUS
Fear no more the heat o' the sun,
Nor the furious winter's rages;
Thou thy worldly task hast done,
Home art gone, and ta'en thy wages:
Golden lads and girls all must,
As chimney-sweepers, come to dust.
ARVIRAGUS
Fear no more the frown o' the great;
Thou art past the tyrant's stroke;
Care no more to clothe and eat;
To thee the reed is as the oak:
The sceptre, learning, physic, must
All follow this, and come to dust.
GUIDERIUS
Fear no more the lightning flash,
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Composition:
- Set to music by Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Sir (1848 - 1918), "Fear no more the heat o' the sun", published 1905, stanzas 1-3 [ voice and piano ]
Text Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Cymbeline, Act IV, Scene 2
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Paavo Cajander)
- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo) , no title
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (José Miguel Llata) , "Canto fúnebre para fídula", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [an adaptation]
Researcher for this page: Ted Perry
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 36
Word count: 154