[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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