[M&D] pg. 19 (q's for the dog)
David Casseres
casseres at apple.com
Mon May 5 11:57:40 CDT 1997
Max sez
>My first guess was that it was something sung by Puck, in _A Midsummer
>Night's Dream_. But as it turns out it's sung by Ariel, in _The Tempest_.
>Act V, Scene I, lines 88-94:
>
> 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.
>
>Max
Well, there's nothing like getting a clue. I had a similar first guess,
which I posted all willy-nilly without cracking a book. Thanx Max!
Cheers,
David
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