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Tempest, Act V, Scene I [Where the bee sucks, there suck I]

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William Shakespeare
1564 –
1616
Ariel sings

Where the bee sucks, there suck I:
In a cowslip's bell I lie;
There I couch when owls do cry.
On the bat's back I do fly
After summer merrily.   
Merrily, merrily shall I live now
Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.

This poem is in the public domain.