by John Fletcher (1579 - 1625)
Come, Sleep, and with thy sweet...
Language: English
Come, Sleep, and with thy sweet deceiving Lock me in delight awhile; Let some pleasing [dreams]1 beguile All my fancies; that from thence [I may feel]2 an influence All my powers of care bereaving. Though but a shadow, but a sliding, Let me know some little joy! We that suffer long annoy Are contented with a thought [Through]3 an idle fancy wrought: O let my joys have some abiding!
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Gurney: "dream"
2 Warlock: "There may steal"
3 Clarke: "By"
Text Authorship:
- by John Fletcher (1579 - 1625), "Sleep", appears in The Woman Hater, first published 1607 [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 Rebecca Clarke (1886 - 1979), "Sleep", 1926 [ vocal duet with piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912 - 1990), "Come sleep", published 1938 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ivor (Bertie) Gurney (1890 - 1937), "Sleep", 1914, published 1920 [ mezzo-soprano and instrumental ensemble ], from Five Elizabethan Songs (The Elizas), no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by John Jeffreys (1927 - 2010), "Sleep" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Humphrey Procter-Gregg (1895 - 1980), "Sleep" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "Come, Sleep", op. 223 (1949) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "Come, Sleep", op. 304 (1951) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "Come, Sleep", op. 415 (1953) [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "Come, Sleep", op. 574 (1960) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Peter Warlock (1894 - 1930), "Sleep", 1922, published 1923 [ voice and piano or string quartet ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Sommeil", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Julia Hamann) , "Schlaf", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (José Miguel Llata) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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