Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume VI. Fancy. 1904. | | | | Poems of Fancy: II. Fairies: Elves: Sprites | | Fairy’s Song | | William Shakespeare (1564–1616) |
| | From “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Act II. Sc. 1. |
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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 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; | 10 |
| These be rubies, fairy favors— | |
| In those freckles live their savors. | |
| I must go seek some dewdrops here, | |
| And hang a pearl in every cowslip’s ear. | | | |
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