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==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==
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{{Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore,
So do our minutes hasten to their end;
Each changing place with that which goes before,
In sequent toil all forwards do contend.
Nativity, once in the main of light,
Crawls to maturity, wherewith being crown'd,
Crooked eclipses 'gainst his glory fight,
And Time that gave doth now his gift confound.
Time doth transfix the flourish set on youth
And delves the parallels in beauty's brow,
Feeds on the rarities of nature's truth,
And nothing stands but for his scythe to mow:
  And yet to times in hope, my verse shall stand
  Praising thy worth, despite his cruel hand.
 
''Sonnet XL - William Shakespeare''}}


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  • (Posted 2016-10-21)  CPDL #41504:   
Editor: Michael Gray (submitted 2016-10-21).   Score information: Letter (landscape), 6 pages, 193 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC ND
Edition notes: Part of an ongoing collection "Book of Sonnets" for SAB, piano

General Information

Title: Like as the waves
Composer: Michael Gray
Lyricist: William Shakespeare

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: SAB

Genre: SecularPartsong

Language: English
Instruments: Piano

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Description: Part of an ongoing collection "Book of Sonnets" for SAB, piano

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

Original text and translations

{{Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore, So do our minutes hasten to their end; Each changing place with that which goes before, In sequent toil all forwards do contend. Nativity, once in the main of light, Crawls to maturity, wherewith being crown'd, Crooked eclipses 'gainst his glory fight, And Time that gave doth now his gift confound. Time doth transfix the flourish set on youth And delves the parallels in beauty's brow, Feeds on the rarities of nature's truth, And nothing stands but for his scythe to mow:

  And yet to times in hope, my verse shall stand
  Praising thy worth, despite his cruel hand.

Sonnet XL - William Shakespeare}}