Poem of Shakespeare

A Fairy Song
Over hill, over dale,
Thorough bush, thorough brier,
Over park, over pale,
Thorough flood, thorough fire!
I do wander everywhere,
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;
Those be rubies, fairy favours;
In those freckles live their savours;
I must go seek some dewdrops here,
And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear.
A Madrigal
Crabbed Age and Youth
Cannot live together:
Youth is full of pleasance,
Age is full of care;
Youth like summer morn,
Age like winter weather;
Youth like summer brave,
Age like winter bare:
Youth is full of sports,
Age's breath is short,
Youth is nimble, Age is lame:
Youth is hot and bold,
Age is weak and cold,
Youth is wild, and Age is tame:-
Age, I do abhor thee;
Youth, I do adore thee;
O! my Love, my Love is young!
Age, I do defy thee-
O sweet shepherd, hie thee,
For methinks thou stay'st too long.
Aubade
HARK! Hark! the lark at heaven's gate sings, And Phoebus 'gins arise,
His steeds to water at those springs On chaliced flowers that lies;
And winking Mary-buds begin To ope their golden eyes:
With everything that pretty bin, My lady sweet, arise! Arise, arise!
Bridal Song
ROSES, their sharp spines being gone,
Not royal in their smells alone, But in their hue;
Maiden pinks, of odour faint,
Daisies smell-less, yet most quaint, And sweet thyme true;

Primrose, firstborn child of Ver;
Merry springtime's harbinger, With her bells dim;
Oxlips in their cradles growing,
Marigolds on death-beds blowing, Larks'-heels trim;

All dear Nature's children sweet
Lie 'fore bride and bridegroom's feet, Blessing their sense!
Not an angel of the air,
Bird melodious or bird fair, Be absent hence!

The crow, the slanderous cuckoo, nor
The boding raven, nor chough hoar, Nor chattering pye,