by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822)
Come, I will sing you some low, sleepy...
Language: English
Come, I will sing you some low, sleepy tune, Not cheerful, nor yet sad; some dull old thing, Some outworn and unused monotony, Such as our country gossips sing and spin, Till they almost forget they live: lie down! So, that will do. Have I forgot the words? Faith! They are sadder than I thought they were.
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Text Authorship:
- by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822), no title, appears in The Cenci, Act V, Scene 3 [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 Bernard van Dieren (1887 - 1936), "Song from The Cenci", 1909?, published 1925 [ voice and piano ], from Two Songs, no. 2, note: originally written for voice and string quartet, but that version has been lost [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-26
Line count: 7
Word count: 58