by Robert Seymour Bridges (1844 - 1930)
Go not, go not, Achilles; is all in...
Language: English
Go not, go not, Achilles; is all in vain? Is this the fulfilment of long delight? The promise of favouring heaven, The praise of our song? The choice of Thetis for thee, Thy merry disguise, And happy betrothal? We pray thee, O we beseech thee, all, Son of Thetis, we counsel well, Do not thy bride this wrong. For if to-day thou goest, thou wilt go far, Alas, from us thy comrades away. To a camp of revengeful men. The accursed war By warning fate forbidden, To angry disdain, A death unworthy, We pray thee, O we beseech thee, all. Son of Peleus, we counsel well, This doom the oracle told.
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Text Authorship:
- by Robert Seymour Bridges (1844 - 1930), no title, appears in Achilles in Scyros, first published 1890 [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 Cyril Bradley Rootham (1875 - 1938), "Go not, go not, Achilles", published 1912 [soprano, alto, and SA chorus a cappella], from The Choruses from "Achilles in Scyros", no. 5, note: originally composed for strings and harp - not published [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-17
Line count: 20
Word count: 111