by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Come thou Monarch of the Vine
Language: English
Our translations: CAT
Come thou Monarch of the Vine,
Plumpie Bacchus, with pinke eyne:
In thy Fattes our Cares be drown'd,
With thy Grapes out haires be Crown'd.
Cup us till the world go round,
Cup us till the world go round.
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. Published according to the True Originall Copies. London. Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed. Blount. 1623 (Facsimile from the First Folio Edition, London: Chatto and Windus, Piccadilly. 1876), page 351 of the Tragedies.
Text Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "Song", appears in Antony and Cleopatra, Act II, Scene VII [author's text checked 2 times 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 Thomas Anderton (1836 - 1903), "Come thou Monarch", 1865 [ vocal trio or ATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Thomas Chilcot , "The words by Shakespeare in Antony & Cleopatra", published [1743] [ high voice, 2 violins, viola, and basso continuo ], from Twelve English Songs, London : Johnson [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frederic Goossen (b. 1927), "Come, thou Monarch", 1956, first performed 1957 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Willoughby Hunter Weiss (1820 - 1867), "Come thou Monarch of the Vine", 1863 [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Ferdinand Mayerhofer von Grünbühel (1798 - 1869) , "Lied", appears in Antonius und Cleopatra ; composed by Franz Peter Schubert.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (François Pierre Guillaume Guizot) , no title
- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo) , no title
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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-07
Line count: 6
Word count: 39