Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ARIEL'S SONG (1) [OR, DIRGE] [OR, A SEA DIRGE]. FR. THE TEMPEST, by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE


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ARIEL'S SONG (1) [OR, DIRGE] [OR, A SEA DIRGE]. FR. THE TEMPEST, by                 Poet's Biography
First Line: Full fathom five thy father lies
Last Line: Hark! Now I hear them - ding, dong, bell!
Subject(s): Disasters; Drowning; Fairies; Mourning; Shipwrecks; Elves; Bereavement


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 doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell:
Burthen. - Dingdong!
Hark! now I hear them - ding, dong, bell!





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