by Thomas Shadwell (1642? - 1692)
Your Awful Voice
Language: English
Your awful voice I hear and I obey, Brother to Jove and monarch of the sea. Come down, my blusterers, swell no more, Your stormy rage give o'er. To your prisons below, Down you must go. In hollow rocks your revels make, Nor 'till I call your trembling dens forsake.
Authorship:
- by Thomas Shadwell (1642? - 1692) [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 Henry Purcell (1658/9 - 1695), "Your Awful Voice", Z. 631 no. 14 (c1695), from The Tempest or The Enchanted Island, no. 14. [ sung text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Virginia Knight
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 50