Brown as his tooth. A little moth, Late fattened in a piece of cloth; With withered cherries, mandrakes' ears, He fully quaffs up, to bewitch His blood to height; this done, commended Grace by his priest; The feast is ended. ROBERT HERRICK. FAIRY'S SONG. FROM "A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM," ACT II. SC. 1. OVER hill, over dale, Thorough bush, thorough brier, Over park, over pale, Thorough flood, thorough fire, SHAKESPEARE. COMPLIMENT TO QUEEN ELIZABETH. FROM "A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM," ACT II. SC. 2. OBERON. My gentle Puck, come hither. Thou remember'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, Риск. — I remember. OBERON.―That very time I saw (but thou couldst not), Flying between the cold moon and the earth, At a fair vestal throned by the west, And loosed his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts: But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft In maiden meditation, fancy free. Yet marked I where the bolt of Cupid fell: It fell upon a little western flower Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound, And maidens call it Love-in-idleness. Fetch me that flower. ૭ 2 SHAKESPEARE. THE FAIRIES' LULLABY. FROM "A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM," ACT II. SC. 3. Enter TITANIA, with her train. TITANIA. Come, now a roundel, and a fairy song; Then, for the third part of a minute, hence ;— Some, to kill cankers in the musk-rose buds; Some war with rear-mice for their leathern wings, To make my small elves coats; and some keep back The clamorous owl, that nightly hoots, and wonders At our quaint spirits. Sing me now asleep; Then to your offices, and let me rest. SONG. 1 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. 2 FAIRY.- Weaving spiders, come not here, Hence, you long-legged spinners, hence! Beetles black, approach not near; Worm, nor snail, do no offence. CHORUS. Philomel, with melody, etc. 1 FAIRY.-Hence away; now all is well: One, aloof, stand sentinel. [Exeunt Fairies. TITANIA sleeps. SHAKESPEARE. FAIRIES' SONG. WE the fairies blithe and antic, Though the moonshine mostly keep us, Stolen sweets are always sweeter; When to bed the world are bobbing, From the Latin of THOMAS RANDOLPH. THE FAIRIES. Up the airy mountain, And white owl's feather! Down along the rocky shore Some in the reeds Of the black mountain-lake, With frogs for their watch-dogs, All night awake. High on the hill-top The old King sits; He is now so old and gray On his stately journeys From Slieveleague to Rosses: Or going up with music On cold starry nights, To sup with the Queen Of the gay Northern Lights. They stole little Bridget Between the night and morrow; They thought that she was fast asleep, But she was dead with sorrow. They have kept her ever since Deep within the lakes, On a bed of flag-leaves, Watching till she wakes. |