possibly by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
O bid your faithful Ariel fly
Language: English
O bid your faithful Ariel fly to the farthest Indies' sky, and then at thy afresh command, I'll traverse o'er the silver sand. I'll climb the mountains, plunge the deep, I, like mortals, never sleep. Whate'er it be, not with ill will, but merrily.
Used as incidental music in The Tempest.
Authorship:
- possibly by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Thomas Linley, Jr. (1756 - 1778), "O bid your faithful Ariel fly", 1777, first performed 1777 [strings, oboe, basso continuo, and soprano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2019-05-06
Line count: 8
Word count: 44