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Blow, blow thou winter wind (Richard John Samuel Stevens)
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General Information
Title: Blow, blow thou winter wind
Composer: Richard John Samuel Stevens
Lyricist: William Shakespeare, As you like it, Act II Scene VII
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: c.1793
Description: From Eight Glees expressly composed for ladies, Op. 4
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Original text and translations
English text
Blow, blow, thou winter wind,
Thou art not so unkind,
as Man’s ingratitude
Thy tooth is not so keen,
because thou art not seen,
although thy breath be rude.
Heigh ho, sing heigh ho,
unto the greene holly,
Most friendship is feigning;
most loving, meere folly:
Then heigh ho, the holly,
This Life is most jolly.
Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky
that dost not bight so nigh
as benefits forgot:
Though thou the waters warp,
thy sting is not so sharp,
as friend remember’d not.
