by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
All the infections that the sun sucks up
Language: English
Caliban All the infections that the sun sucks up from bogs, fens, flats, on Prosper' fall, and make him by inchmeal a disease. His spirits hear me, and yet I needs must curse, but they'll nor pinch! Fright me with urchin shows, pitch me in the mire, nor lead me, like a firebrand in the dark out of my way unless he bid 'em. But for every trifle are they set upon me; sometimes like apes! Then like hedgehogs! Sometime am I all wound with adders who do hiss me into madness. All the infections that the sun sucks up from bogs, fens, flats, on Prosper' fall, and... Lo, now lo! Here comes a spirit of his. I'll fall flat! Perchance he'll not mind me.
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Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in The Tempest, Act II, Scene 2 [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Caliban's Song", 1989 [ bass-baritone and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo)
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Andrea Maffei) , no title, first published 1869
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This text was added to the website: 2007-05-11
Line count: 22
Word count: 125