Blow, blow thou winter wind

Blow, blow thou winter wind,
Thou art not so unkind
As [man's]1 ingratitude;
Thy tooth is not so keen
[Because]2 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.]3

Freeze, freeze thou [bitter]4 sky,
Thou dost not bite so [nigh]5
As benefits forgot:
Though thou the waters warp,
Thy sting is not so sharp
As friend remember'd not.
[ 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.]3

by William Shakespeare (1564-1616) , no title, from As You Like It, Act II, Scene 7

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Thomas Augustine Arne (1710-1778) , "Blow, blow thou winter wind", 1740.
by Frank Bridge (1879-1941) , "Blow, blow thou winter wind", 1903, published 1916.
by Madeleine Dring (1923-1977) , "Blow, blow thou winter wind", 1945, published 1949.
by Wolfgang Fortner (1907-1987) , "Blow, blow, thou winter wind", op. 31 (4 Lieder) no. 3 (1937) [voice and piano], from Songs nach Texten von William Shakespeare mit Klavierbegleitung, no. 6.
by Mervyn, Lord Horder, the Second Baron of Ashford (1910-1998) , "Blow, blow!", from Six Shakespeare Songs, no. ?
by Erich Korngold (1897-1957) , "Blow, blow thou winter wind", op. 31 no. 3, from Four Shakespeare Songs, no. 3.
by Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918) , "Blow, blow thou winter wind", 1874-1885, published 1886, from English Lyrics, set 2 no. 4
by Roger Quilter (1877-1953) , "Blow, blow thou winter wind", op. 6 no. 3 (1905), published 1905, from Three Shakespeare Songs, no. 3.

by Karl Wilhelm (Vilhelm) Eugen Stenhammar (1871-1927) , "Skizz till Amiens sång"

by Robert von Hornstein (1833-1890) , "Stürm', stürm', du Winterwind", op. 37 (2 Gesänge aus Shakespeares "Wie es euch gefällt") no. 1, published 1870. [voice and piano]
by (Carl) Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai (1810-1849) , "Stürm, stürm, du Winterwind", op. 34 no. 9.

ITA Italian (Ferdinando Albeggiani)
FIN Finnish (Paavo Cajander)

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