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SONG THE GREENWOOD TREE

From AS YOU LIKE IT

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

INDER the greenwood tree
Who loves to lie with me,

And tune his merry note

Unto the sweet bird's throat

Come hither, come hither, come hither: Here shall he see

No enemy

But winter and rough weather.

Who doth ambition shun

And loves to live i' the sun,

Seeking the food he eats

And pleased with what he getsCome hither, come hither, come hither: Here shall he see

No enemy

But winter and rough weather.

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QUEEN MAB

From ROMEO AND JULIET

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

THEN, I see, Queen Mab hath been with you.

She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes

In shape no bigger than an agate stone

On the forefinger of an alderman;

Drawn with a team of little atomies
Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep :
Her wagon spokes made of long spinner's legs:
The cover, of the wings of grasshoppers;
The traces, of the smallest spider's web;
The collars, of the moonshine's watery beams;
Her whip, of cricket's bone, the lash, of film;
Her wagoner, a small gray-coated gnat,
Not half so big as a round little worm,
Pricked from the lazy finger of a maid:
Her chariot is an empty hazelnut,
Made by the joiner squirrel, or old grub,
Time out of mind the fairies' coachmakers.

And in this state she gallops, night by night;

Through lovers' brains, and then they dream of love; On courtiers' knees, that dream on court'sies straight; O'er lawyers' fingers, who straight dream on fees; O'er ladies' lips, who straight on kisses dream.

ARIEL'S SONGS

From THE TEMPEST

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

I

HERE the bee sucks, there suck I

WH

In a cowslip's bell I lie;

There I couch when owls do cry:

On the bat's back I do fly,

After summer merrily.

Merrily, merrily, shall I live now,

Under the blossom that hangs on the bough!

II

Come unto these yellow sands,

And then take hands:

Courtsied when you have, and kiss'd,

The wild waves whist,

Foot it featly here and there;

And, sweet Sprites, the burthen bear.

Hark, hark!

Bow-wow,

The watch-dogs bark:
Bow-wow.

Hark, hark! I hear

The strain of strutting chanticleer
Cry, cock-a-diddle-dow!

III

Full fathom five thy father lies :
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes :
Nothing of him that doth fade,
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange;
Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell :
Hark! now I hear them,

Ding, dong, bell.

LULLABY FOR TITANIA

From MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

FIRST FAIRY.

You spotted snakes with double tongue,

Thorny hedgehogs, be not seen;

Newts, and blind-worms, do no wrong,
Come not near our fairy queen.

Chorus.

Philomel, with melody

Sing in our sweet lullaby;

Lulla, lulla, lullaby; lulla, lulla, lullaby!
Never harm, nor spell, nor charm,
Come our lovely lady nigh!

So good-night, with lullaby.

SECOND FAIRY.

Weaving spiders, come not here;

Hence, you long-legg'd spinners, hence;

Beetles black, approach not near;

Worm, nor snail, do no offence.

Chorus.

Philomel, with melody

Sing in our sweet lullaby;

Lulla, lulla, lullaby; lulla, lulla, lullaby!
Never harm, nor spell, nor charm,

Come our lovely lady nigh!

So good-night, with lullaby.

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