Weary with toil, I haste me to my bed, The dear repose for limbs with travel tired; But then begins a journey in my head, To work my mind, when body's work's expired: For then my thoughts, from far where I abide, Intend a zealous pilgrimage to thee, And keep my drooping eyelids open wide, Looking on darkness which the blind do see Save that my soul's imaginary sight Presents thy shadow to my sightless view, Which, like a jewel hung in ghastly night, Makes black night beauteous and her old face new. Lo! thus, by day my limbs, by night my mind, For thee and for myself no quiet find.
2 Shakes-Speare Sonnets
Song Cycle by Johan Franco (1908 - 1988)
?. Sonnet XXVII  [sung text not yet checked]
Text Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Sonnets, no. 27
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- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo) , no title, appears in Sonnets de Shakespeare, no. 27, first published 1857
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission