by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Was this fair face the cause, quoth she
Language: English
Was this fair face the cause, quoth she, Why the Grecians sacked Troy? Fond done, done fond, Was this King Priam’s joy? With that she sigh’d as she stood, With that she sigh’d as she stood, And gave this sentence then, Among nine bad if one be good, Among nine bad if one be good, There’s yet one good in ten.
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Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in All's well that ends well [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 Virgil Garnett Thomson (1896 - 1989), "Was this fair face the cause", 1957, published 1961 [ voice and piano ], from Five Shakespeare Songs, no. 1, Southern [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2019-11-28
Line count: 10
Word count: 61