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by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)

To shallow rivers, to whose falls
Language: English 
To shallow rivers, to whose falls
Melodious birds sings madrigals;
There will we make our peds of roses,
And a thousand fragrant posies.

Melodious birds sing madrigals --
When as I sat in Pabylon --
And a thousand vagram posies.
To shallow &c. 

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Note: used in Matthew King's A Song of Byrds.

Text Authorship:

  • by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), appears in The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act 3, Scene 1 [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):

    [ None yet in the database ]

Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo) , no title


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-04-10
Line count: 8
Word count: 41

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