by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Noblest of men, woo't die?
Language: English
Available translation(s): FRE
Cleopatra Noblest of men, woo't die? Hast thou no care of me? shall I abide In this dull world, which in thy absence is No better than a sty? O see, my women, (Mark Antony dies) The crown o' the earth doth melt. My lord! O wither'd is the garland of the war, The soldier's pole is fall'n: young boys and girls Are level now with men; the odds is gone, And there is nothing left remarkable Beneath the visiting moon. (Faints)
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View text with all available footnotesSee also Thomas Pasatieri's setting {link:1116714}Antony and Cleopatra.
Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Antony and Cleopatra, Act IV, Scene 15 and Act V, Scene 2, first published 1607 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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This text (or a part of it) is used in a work
- by Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981), "On the death of Antony", op. 40 no. 1 (1968), published 1968 [soprano, women's chorus, and piano], from Two Choruses from "Anthony and Cleopatra", no. 1
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La mort d'Antoine", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2007-05-23
Line count: 13
Word count: 82