Canst thou, O Cruel! - Gray, Michael

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"First in the ongoing collection of works for SAB & piano, "Book of Sonnets." See the website below for pieces and information."

◈ Genre → Partsongs

♯ Key A minor

♬ Voicing → SAB

◆ Difficulty

Intermediate

↕ Range D-1 – C7

¶ Language → English

Measures 92

Texture mixed texture

Parts 7

Instruments Piano

Pages 8

CPDL # 41285

Editor Michael Gray

Posted 2016-09-30

License Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives

♫Pitch Ranges

Soprano

B3 – F5

Alto

D3 – C5

Baritone

C3 – E4

MusicXML Part

F-1 – G4

¶Lyrics / Text

Canst thou, O cruel! say I love thee not, When I against myself with thee partake? Do I not think on thee, when I forgot Am of myself, all tyrant, for thy sake? Who hateth thee that I do call my friend? On whom frown'st thou that I do fawn upon? Nay, if thou lour'st on me, do I not spend revenge upon myself with present moan? What merit do I in myself respect, that is so proud thy service to despise, when all my best doth worship thy defect, Commanded by the motion of thine eyes? But, love, hate on, for now I know thy mind; Those that can see thou lov’st, and I am blind. ''William Shakespeare (Sonnet CXLIX)''