by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
With fairest flowers
Language: English
With fairest flowers Whilst summer lasts and I live here, Fidele, I'll sweeten thy sad grave: thou shalt not lack The flower that's like thy face, pale primrose, nor The azured harebell, like thy veins, no, nor The leaf of eglantine, whom not to slander, Out-sweeten'd not thy breath: the ruddock would, With charitable bill, — O bill, sore-shaming Those rich-left heirs that let their fathers lie Without a monument! — bring thee all this; Yea, and furr'd moss besides, when flowers are none, To winter-ground thy corse.
Text Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), appears in Cymbeline [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 Steven Ebel , "With fairest flowers", 2012 [ bass and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2019-03-20
Line count: 12
Word count: 88