by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
She never told her love
Language: English
She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm in the bud, Feed on her damask cheek...; She sat, like Patience on a monument, Smiling at grief.
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Text Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Twelfth Night: or, What You Will, Act II, Scene 4 (Viola) [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 (Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809), "She never told her love", Hob. XXVIa no. 34 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Clara Kathleen Rogers (1844 - 1931), "She never told her love", op. 10 (Six Songs) no. 1, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Boston : Arthur P. Schmidt and Co. [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Zij toonde nooit haar hart", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo)
- IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Mai raccontò il suo amore", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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