Lo, here the gentle lark, weary of rest, From his moist cabinet mounts up on high, And wakes the morning, from whose silver breast The sun ariseth in his majesty; Who doth the world so gloriously behold That cedar-tops and hills seem burnish'd gold. Venus salutes him with this fair good-morrow: 'O thou clear god, and patron of all light, From whom each lamp and shining star doth borrow The beauteous influence that makes him bright, There lives a son that suck'd an earthly mother, May lend thee light, as thou dost lend to other.'
H. Bishop sets lines 1-4
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- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Venus and Adonis [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)
- by Henry Rowley Bishop (1785 - 1855), "Lo, here the gentle lark", lines 1-4 [ soprano, flute, and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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- CZE Czech (Čeština) (Jaroslav Vrchlický)
- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo) , no title
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Word count: 95
Teď skřivánek se v čilém plesu zdvih, z vlhkého hnízda k nebi letí v chvatu, den budí, jemuž z ňader stříbrných se noří slunce v plném majestátu; tak mocně plá, že hroty cedrů, hory jak zlato tekuté žhnou v lesku zory. Jej Venuše svým ‚dobrým jitrem‘ zdraví: „Ty jasný bože, pane světla všeho, kterému hvězda i knot lampy žhavý svůj paprsk vděčí světla líbezného, hoch, zemské matky syn, tu živ jest krásný, jak jiní tebou, moh bys jím vzplát jasný.“
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Confirmed with SHAKESPEARE, William. Historie. II, Básně, translated by Jaroslav Vrchlický, Praha : SNKLU, 1964, pages 321–369.
Authorship
Based on- a text in English by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Venus and Adonis
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This text was added to the website: 2019-11-27
Line count: 12
Word count: 80