Over hill, over dale, Thorough bush, thorough briar, Over park, over pale, Thorough flood, thorough fire I do wander everywhere. Swifter than the moon's sphere; And I serve the fairy queen, To dew her orbs upon the green. The cowslips tall her pensioners be; In their gold coats spots you see; Those be rubies, fairy favours, In those freckles live their savours: I must go seek some dew-drops here, And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear.
Three Shakespeare choruses
by Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (1867 - 1944)
1. Over hill, over dale  [sung text checked 1 time]
Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act II, Scene 1.
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Per colline e per valli", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
2. Come unto these yellow sands  [sung text checked 1 time]
Come unto these yellow sands,
[Then]1 take hands:
Curtsied when you have and kissed,
The wild waves [whist]2:
Foot it featly here and there;
And, sweet sprites, the [burthen]3 bear.
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Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in The Tempest, Act I, scene 2
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrea Maffei) , no title, first published 1869
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Paavo Cajander)
- FRE French (Français) (Guy de Pourtalès)
- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo) , no title
- FRE French (Français) (Maurice Bouchor)
- SWE Swedish (Svenska) (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist)
1 Bacon, Beach, Quilter: "And then"
2 Bacon: "shist"
3 Bacon: "burden"
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3. Through the house give glimmering light  [sung text checked 1 time]
Oberon Through the house give glimmering light, By the dead and drowsy fire; Every elf and fairy sprite Hop as light as bird from brier; And this ditty, after me, Sing and dance it trippingly. Titania First rehearse your song by rote, To each word a warbling note: Hand in hand, with fairy grace, Will we sing, and bless this place.
Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Midsummer Night's Dream, Act V, Scene 1
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]