by William Shakespeare

Come unto these yellow sands,

And then take hands:

Court'sied when you have, and kiss'd,

The wild waves whist

Foot it featly here and there;

And, sweet sprites, the burthen bear.

Hark, hark!

Bow, wow,

The watch-dogs bark:

Bow, wow.

Hark, hark! I hear

The strain of strutting1 chanticleer

Cry, Cock-a-diddle-dow!

from The Tempest

Tell me where is Fancy bred,

Or in the heart or in the head?

How begot2, how nourishd?

Reply, reply.

It is engender'd in the eyes;

With gazing fed; and Fancy dies

In the cradle where it lies.

Let us all ring Fancy's knell3:

I'll begin it,Ding, dong, bell!

All. Ding, dong, bell!

from The Merchant of Venice

Where the bee sucks, there suck I:

In a cowslip's bell I lie;

There I couch when owls4 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 bough5.

from The Tempest