[M&D] pg. 19 (q's for the dog)

[andrew at cee.hw.ac.uk]

Paul M. writes:

> > "Does the Dog know 'Where the Bee Sucks'?  What is the Integral of One
> > over (Book) d (Book)?
> > Is he married?"

> It's an elizabethan song, mentioned in Shakespeare, I think, remember 
> being forced to sing it in school anyhow. 

It occurs in Shakespeare's The Tempest, sung by Ariel, and appears to
be original to Shakespeare. The couplet from which it is taken is in
full

    Where the Bee sucks there suck I
    In a Cowslip's Bell I lie

It precedes the more famous lines

    Full fathom five thy father lies
    Of his bones are coral made
    Those are pearls that were his eyes
    Nothing of him that doth fade
    But hath suffered a sea change
    Into something rich and strange


Andrew Dinn
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And though Earthliness forget you,
To the stilled Earth say:  I flow.
To the rushing water speak:  I am.