Quotation by Shakespeare

Fear no more the heat o' the sun
Nor the furious winter's rages;
Thou thy worldly task hast done,
Home art gone, and ta'en thy wages;
Golden lads and girls all must,
As chimney-sweepers, come to dust.

Fear no more the frown o' the great,
Thou art past the tyrant's stroke;
Care no more to clothe and eat,
To thee the reed is as the oak:
The sceptre, learning, physic, must
All follow this and come to dust.

Fear no more the lightning flash,
Nor the all-dreaded thunder-stone;
Fear not slander, censure rash;
Thou hast finished joy and moan:
All lovers young, all lovers must
Consign to thee and come to dust.
William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British poet. Cymbeline (IV, ii).

"Fidele's Dirge" sung as a duet with Arviragus over the supposedly dead body of Fidele (the disguised Imogen). The Unabridged William Shakespeare, William George Clark and William Aldis Wright, eds. (1989) Running Press.
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