by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Translation by François-Victor Hugo (1828 - 1873)
To shallow rivers, to whose falls
Language: English
To shallow rivers, to whose falls Melodious birds sings madrigals; There will we make our peds of roses, And a thousand fragrant posies. Melodious birds sing madrigals -- When as I sat in Pabylon -- And a thousand vagram posies. To shallow &c.
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Note: used in Matthew King's A Song of Byrds.Text Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), appears in The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act 3, Scene 1 [author's text checked 1 time 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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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo) , no title
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This text was added to the website: 2010-04-10
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Word count: 41
Près des sources peu profondes dont la...
Language: French (Français) after the English
Près des sources peu profondes dont la chute Inspire des madrigaux aux mélodieux oiseaux, Nous ferons nos lits de rose Et mille guirlandes odorantes. Inspire des madrigaux aux mélodieux oiseaux... Quand j'étais à papylone... Et mille guirlandes odorantes...
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Text Authorship:
- by François-Victor Hugo (1828 - 1873), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), appears in The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act 3, Scene 1
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2016-01-13
Line count: 7
Word count: 38