| Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900. |
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| William Shakespeare. 1564–1616 |
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127. Fairy Land
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| OVER hill, over dale, | |
| Thorough bush, thorough brier, | |
| Over park, over pale, | |
| Thorough flood, thorough fire, | |
| I do wander everywhere, | 5 |
| Swifter than the moonè'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; | 10 |
| 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. | |
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