by Caelius Firmianus Symphosius (flourished 4th - 5th century CE)
Translation by Elizabeth Hickman Du Bois (b. 1870)
somnus (sleep)
Language: Latin
sponte mea veniens varias ostendo figuras. fingo metus vanos nullo discrimine veri; sed me nemo videt, nisi qui sua lumina claudit.
Authorship:
- by Caelius Firmianus Symphosius (flourished 4th - 5th century CE), appears in Aenigmata [author's text not yet checked 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 Michael Ippolito (b. 1985), "somnus (sleep)", 2015, first performed 2016 [chorus], from Ænigmata, no. 6, confirmed with a score [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Elizabeth Hickman Du Bois) , "Sleep", first published 1912
Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2018-09-01
Line count: 3
Word count: 21
Sleep
Language: English  after the Latin
Unbidden do I come, in varied guise, Without the truth, I empty dreams devise, And me no mortal sees unless he shuts his eyes.
Authorship:
- by Elizabeth Hickman Du Bois (b. 1870), "Sleep", first published 1912 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Latin by Caelius Firmianus Symphosius (flourished 4th - 5th century CE), appears in Aenigmata
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 ]
Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2018-09-01
Line count: 3
Word count: 24