Songtexte A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Stay, Though Thou Kill Me, Sweet Demetrius" - Heather Harper feat. Thomas Hemsley, Sir Peter Pears, Josephine Veasey, London Symphony Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
Stay,
though
thou
canst
leave
Stay
yet,
Demetrius
I
charge
thee,
hence,
or
go
out
without
me
Ah,
so
wilt
thou
joke
with
me?
Leave
me,
do
not
so
Stay,
on
thy
peril
I
alone
will
go
What,
wherefore
this
contest?
Far
rather,
never
Lesser
is
my
grace
Happy
is
Hermia,
wheresoe'er
she
lies
For
she
hath
blessed
and
attractive
eyes
Happy
is
Hermia
Alas,
alas,
I
am
as
ugly
as
a
bear,
for
Beasts
that
meet
me
run
away
for
fear
But
who
is
here?
Lysander
on
the
ground,
dead
or
asleep?
I
see
no
blood,
no
wound
Lysander,
if
you
live!
Good
sire,
awake
and
love
me
Ah,
I
will,
for
thy
sweet
sake
Godspell!
When
nature
shows
her
art,
that
through
My
bosom
makes
me
see
thine
heart
Where
is
Demetrius?
More
fit
to
word,
is
that
thy
name
do
perish
at
my
sword
Do
not
say
so,
Lysander
Say
not
so
What
though
he
love
you,
Hermia,
love
not
so
Yet
Hermia
still
loves
you,
then
be
content
Content
with
Hermia?
No,
I
do
repent
the
tedious
minutes
I
with
her
have
spent
Not
Hermia,
but
Helen,
all
I
love
Who
will
now
change
a
raven
for
a
dove?
Wherefore
was
I
to
this
keen
mockery
born?
When
at
your
hands
did
I
deserve
this
scorn?
Good
troth
you
do
me
wrong
Good
sooth,
you
do
In
such
disdainful
manner
me
to
woo
Unfair
you
are,
because
I
must
confess
I
thought
your
lord
a
true
gentleman
This
is
not
Hermia
Hermia
sleep
thou
there,
and
never
mayst
thou
come
Lysander
near
Sleep
thou
there,
and
all
my
powers
address
your
love
and
Might
to
honor,
Helen,
to
honor,
Helen,
and
to
be
honored
Lysander,
help
me,
Lysander
What
a
dream
was
here
Lysander,
look,
Lysander
How
I
do
quake
with
fear
Methought
a
serpent
ate
my
heart
away,
and
You
sat
smiling
at
his
cruel,
cruel
prey
Lysander,
but
remove
Lysander,
help!
Help,
I'm
bleeding
Help!
No
sound,
no
man
Alack,
where
are
you?
Speak,
and
if
you
hear,
speak
of
all
loves,
Lysander
I
swoon
almost
with
fear
Lysander,
Lysander,
Lysander,
help!
1 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: Introduction: The Wood
2 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation XV - Scene 8: Miles
3 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation II - Scene 3: The Letter
4 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "My Gentle Robin, See'st Thou This Sweet Sight?"
5 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation XII - Scene 5: Quint
6 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Be Kind and Courteous to This Gentleman"
7 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Come, Now a Roundel and a Fairy Song"
8 The Turn of the Screw, Op.54: Interlude: Variation X - Scene 3: Miss Jessel
9 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "Epilogue: Is It All?"
10 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "She Sleeps As a Rose"
11 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Are We All Met?"
12 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation VII - Scene 8: At Night
13 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "This Lanthorn Doth the Horned Moon Present"
14 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "The Prosperity of the Etruscans"
15 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "Interlude: Here in This Scene"
16 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "It Is an Axiom Among Kings"
17 Death in Venice, Op. 88: Overture: Venice
18 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Now the Hungry Lion Roars"
19 Death in Venice, Op. 88: "Hey There, Hey There, You!"
20 Death in Venice, Op. 88: Children's Games: "Adziu, Adziu"
21 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "O Wall, Fur Often Hast Thou Heard My Moans"
22 Death in Venice, Op. 88: "Mysterious Gondola"
23 Death in Venice, Op. 88: "My Mind Beats On"
24 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "Who Reaches Heaven First"
25 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Puppet? Why So?"
26 Death in Venice, Op. 88: "There Is Indeed in Every Artist's Nature"
27 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation XIII - Scene 6: The Piano
28 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation VIII - Scene 1: Colloquy and So- Lioquy
29 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "Collatinus Is Politically Astute"
30 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation VI - Scene 7: The Lake
31 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "Within This Frail Crucible of Light"
32 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Prologue
33 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Theme - Scene 1: The Journey
34 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation III - Scene 4: The Tower
35 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "Maria Was Unmasked At a Masked Ball"
36 Death in Venice, Op. 88: "We Are Delighted to Greet the Signore"
37 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "My Horse! My Horse! Tarquinius Does Not Wait"
38 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "You Ladies, You Whose Gentle Hearts Do Fear"
39 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation I - Scene 2: The Welcome
40 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation IV - Scene 5: The Window
41 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation IX - Scene 2: The Bells
42 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Gentles, Perchange You Wonder At This Show"
43 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "I See Their Knavery"
44 Death in Venice, Op. 88: "Naturally, Signore, I Understand"
45 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "You Were Right"
46 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "Oh! What a Lovely Day!"
47 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Have You Sent to Bottom's House?"
48 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "This Dead Hand Lets Fall"
49 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation V - Scene 6: The Lesson
50 Death in Venice, Op. 88: "Ah, Serenissima!"
51 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation XI - Scene 4: The Bedroom
52 Death in Venice, Op. 88: "Aou'! Stagando, Aou'"
53 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "How Now, Mad Spirit?"
54 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation XIV - Scene 7: Flora
55 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: 'There Goes a Happy Man!'
56 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Helena! Hermi! Demetrius! Lysander!"
57 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "What Thou Seest When Thou Dost Wake"
58 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Up and Down, Up and Down"
59 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Hail, Mortal, Hail!"
60 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Sweet Moon, I Thank Thee for Thy Sunny Beams"
61 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Flower of This Purple Dye"
62 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "In This Same Interlude It Doth Befall"
63 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "I Have a Reas'nable Good Ear in Music"
64 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "O Grim-look'd Night, O Night With Hue So Black"
65 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Come, Your Bergomask"
66 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Now, Fair Hippolyta"
67 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "This Is Thy Negligence"
68 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Asleep, My Love?"
69 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: Tarquinius does not dare
70 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: Here the thirsty evening
71 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: Rome is now ruled by the Etruscan upstart
72 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Oberon Is Passing Fell and Wrath"
73 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Well, Go Thy Way"
74 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "How Now My Love?"
75 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Be It On Lion, Bear, or Wolf, or Bull"
76 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Welcome Wanderer!"
77 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Is All Our Company Her?"
78 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Fair Love, You Faint With Wand'ring in the Wood"
79 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Through the Forest Have I Gone"
80 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Stay, Though Thou Kill Me, Sweet Demetrius"
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