by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Fie on sinful fantasy!
Language: English
Fie on sinful fantasy! Fie on lust and luxury! Lust is but a bloody fire, Kindled with unchaste desire, Fed in heart, whose flames aspire, As thoughts do blow them higher and higher. Pinch him, fairies, mutually; Pinch him for his villany; Pinch him, and burn him, and turn him about, Till candles and star-light and moonshine be out.
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Text Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "Song", appears in The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act V, Scene 5 [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 John Addison (b. 1920), "Fie on sinful fantasy", 1811? [tenor, TTB chorus, and piano], London : Caulfield ; in A Collection of the Vocal Music in Shakespear's Plays [ sung text not verified ]
- by Joseph W. Baber (b. 1937), "Fie on sinful fantasy", op. 9 no. ? (1953-6), published 1971, first performed 1970 [SATB chorus a cappella], from Shakespearean Madrigals, Set 1, Cincinnati : Canyon [ sung text not verified ]
- by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895 - 1968), "Roundel", 1923, published 1925 [high voice and piano], from Shakespeare Songs, Book V, no. 3, London : Chester [ sung text not verified ]
- by Richard J. Felciano (b. 1930), "Fye on sinful fantasy", 1954-5, published 1973, first performed 1955 [SATB chorus a cappella], from Three Madrigals from Wm Shakespeare, Boston : E. C. Schirmer [ sung text not verified ]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo) , no title
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This text was added to the website: 2011-06-26
Line count: 10
Word count: 59