Second Piece

For my second composition I chose to set a text. The instrumentation will be

- Soprano
- Guitar
- Marimba

The text I will be using is a Shakespeare sonnet. #100

Where art thou, Muse, that thou forgett'st so long
To speak of that which gives thee all thy might?
Spend'st thou thy fury on some worthless song,
Dark'ning thy power to lend base subjects light?
Return, forgetful Muse, and straight redeem
In gentle, numbers time so idly spent;
Sing to the ear that doth lays esteem,
And gives thy pen both skill and argument.
Ride, resty Muse, my love's sweet face survey,
If Time have any wrinkle graven there;
If any, be a satire to decay,
And make Time's spoils despised everywhere.
Give my love fame faster then Time wastes life;
So thou prevent'st his scythe and crooked knife.