Tuesday 23 October 2012

A Fairy Song


Over hill, over dale, 
Thorough bush, thorough brier, 
Over park, over pale, 
Thorough flood, thorough fire! 

I do wander everywhere, 
Swifter than the moon's sphere; 
And I serve the Fairy Queen, 
To dew her orbs upon the green; 

The cowslips tall her pensioners be; 
In their gold coats spots you see; 
Those be rubies, fairy favours; 
In those freckles live their savours; 

I must go seek some dewdrops here, 
And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear. 

(William Shakespeare)