Enter Titania, with her train. TITANIA. -- Come, now a roundel, and a fairy song; Then, for the third part of a minute, hence; -- Some, to kill cankers in the musk-rose buds; Some war with rear-mice for their leathern wings, To make my small elves coats; and some keep back The clamorous owl, that nightly hoots, and wonders At our quaint spirits. Sing me now asleep; Then to your offices, and let me rest. SONG. 1 FAIRY. -- You spotted snakes, with double tongue, Thorny hedgehogs, be not seen; Newts and blind-worms, do no wrong: Come not near our fairy queen. CHORUS. -- Philomel, with melody, Sing in our sweet lullaby; Lulla, lulla, lullaby; lulla, lulla, lullaby: Never harm, Nor spell nor charm, Come our lovely lady nigh; so, good-night, with lullaby. 2 FAIRY. -- Weaving spiders, come not here, Hence, you long-legged spinners, hence! Beetles black, approach not near; Worm, nor snail, do no offence. CHORUS. -- Philomel, with melody, Sing in our sweet lullaby; Lulla, lulla, lullaby; lulla, lulla, lullaby: Never harm, Nor spell nor charm, Come our lovely lady nigh; So, good-night, with lullaby. 1 FAIRY. -- Hence away; now all is well: One, aloof, stand sentinel. [Exeunt Fairies. Titania sleeps.] | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO A WEALTHY MAN by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS VARIATIONS FOR A SUMMER EVENING by MICHAEL ANANIA THE RESURRECTION by JONATHAN HENDERSON BROOKS TELLING THE BEES (A COLONIAL CUSTOM) by LIZETTE WOODWORTH REESE IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: PROEM by ALFRED TENNYSON LADY OF CASTLENORE; A.D. 1700 by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH |