Fear no more (Michael Gray)

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• (Posted 2017-09-04)  CPDL #46214:   

Editor: Michael Gray (submitted 2017-09-04).   Score information: Letter (landscape), 3 pages, 151 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC ND

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Title: Fear no more
Composer: Michael Gray
Lyricist: William Shakespeare

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: SAB

Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

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External websites: http://www.graymichael.com

Original text and translations

English text

Fear no more the heat o' th' sun,
Nor the furious winter's rages,
Thou thy worldly task hast done,
Home art gone, and taken thy wages.
  Golden lads and girls all must,
  As chimney-sweepers, come to dust.

Fear no more the frown o' th' great,
Thou art past the tyrant's stroke;
Care no more to clothe and eat,
To thee the reed is as the oak.
  The scepter, learning, physic, must
  All follow thee and come to dust.

Fear no more the lightning-flash.
Nor th' all-dreaded thunder stone.
Fear not slander, censure rash.
Thou hast finish'd joy and moan.
  All lovers young, all lovers must
  Consign to this and come to dust.

-William Shakespeare ("Cymbeline" IV)