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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A SONG. IMITATED FROM THE MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, by WILLIAM COLLINS (1721-1759) Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Lo here, beneath this hallow'd shade
Last Line: And lull her with his sweetest lay.
First Line: Lo here, beneath this hallow'd shade
Last Line: And lull her with his sweetest lay.
Lo here, beneath this hallow'd Shade,
Within a Cowslip's Blossom deep,
The lovely Queen of Elves is laid,
May nought disturb her balmy Sleep!
Let not the Snake or baleful Toad
Approach the silent Mansion near,
Or Newt profane the sweet Abode,
Or Owl repeat her Orgies here!
No Snail or Worm shall hither come
With noxious Filth her Bow'r to stain;
Hence be the Beetle's sullen Hum,
And Spider's disembowel'd Train.
The love-lorn Nightingale alone
Shall thro' Titania's Arbor stray,
To sooth her Sleep with melting Moan,
And lull her with his sweetest Lay.
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