I am gone, sir

I am gone, sir,
And anon, sir,
I'll be with you again,
in a trice,
Like to the old vice,
Your need to sustain.
Who with dagger of lath
In his rage and his wrath,
Cries, aha, to the devil, aha, ha, ha!
Like a mad lad,
Pare thy nails, dad.
Adieu, good man devil.

by William Shakespeare (1564-1616) , no title, from Twelfth Night, Act IV, scene 2

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

by Garth Baxter (1946-) , "I am gone, sir" [voice and guitar], from Four Songs from Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, no. 3.
by Erich Korngold (1897-1957) , "Adieu, Good Man Devil", op. 29 no. 3, from Songs of the Clown, no. 3.

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