by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
So sweet a kiss the golden sun gives not
Language: English
Available translation(s): FRE
So sweet a kiss the golden sun gives not To those fresh morning drops upon the rose, As thy eye-beams, when their fresh rays have smote The night of dew that on my cheeks down flows: Nor shines the silver moon one half so bright. Through the transparent bosom of the deep, As doth thy face through tears of mine give light; Thou shin'st in every tear that I do weep: No drop but as a coach doth carry thee; So ridest thou triumphing in my woe. Do but behold the tears that swell in me, And they thy glory through my grief will show: But do not love thyself; then thou wilt keep My tears for glasses, and still make me weep. O queen of queens! how far thou dost excel, No thought can think, nor tongue of mortal tell.
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Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Love's Labour's Lost, Act IV, Scene 3 [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 George Sampson , "So sweet a kiss", published 1893 [ SATB chorus and piano ad libitum], partsong; London : Novello [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767 - 1845) FRE ; composed by Harald Genzmer.
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- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2011-06-26
Line count: 16
Word count: 141