Fairy Land i

By William Shakespeare

1564-1616


OVER hill, over dale,
         Thorough bush, thorough brier,
         Over park, over pale,
         Thorough flood, thorough fire,
         I do wander everywhere,
         Swifter than the moone'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 dew-drops here,
And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear.

DayPoems Poem No. 129
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