Blow, Thou Winter Wind
(song from As You Like It)
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 green holly:
Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly:
Then, heigh-ho, the holly!
This life is most jolly.
Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky,
That dost not bite so nigh
As benefits forgot:
Though thou the waters warp,
Thy sting is not so sharp
As friend remember’d not.
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photo by Andreas Krappweis at http://www.rgbstock.com/photo/nVIC8ke/Ride+in+Snow+Storm
One of the delightful Shakespearean pieces set to music by the inimitable George Shearing–my husband’s University Singers are just now working on a Shearing Shakespeare set for their next concert, and I love ‘hearing’ the original poem in my head *and* the GS sung version (which he’s performed with other groups in the past as well). Thanks for this post! Great choice of photo to accompany it today.