And as the morning steals upon the night, Melting the darkness, so their rising senses Begin to chase the ignorant fumes that mantle Their clearer reason.
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- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in The Tempest, Act V, Scene 1, vv. 65 - 68 [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)
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- Also set in English, adapted by Charles Jennens (1700 - 1773) , written 1740 [an adaptation] FRE ITA ITA ITA ; composed by Georg Friedrich Händel.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo)
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "E come il mattino porta via la notte", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Andrea Maffei) , no title, first published 1869
Researcher for this text: Ferdinando Albeggiani
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De même que le matin, empiétant sur la nuit, en dissout les ténèbres, ainsi la raison qui s’élève commence à chasser les fumées ignorantes qui couvrent les clartés de leur jugement.
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- by François-Victor Hugo (1828 - 1873) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- a text in English by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in The Tempest, Act V, Scene 1, vv. 65 - 68
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
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Researcher for this text: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2015-09-19
Line count: 4
Word count: 31