Oxford Book of English Verse, Part 2 by  Arthur Quiller-Couch

Fairy Land I

Over hill, over dale,

Thorough bush, thorough brier,

Over park, over pale,

Thorough flood, thorough fire,

I do wander everywhere,

Swifter than the moonë'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.

— William Shakespeare
1564-1616   


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