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Three Shakespeare choruses

by Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (1867 - 1944)

1. Over hill, over dale
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
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.

Text 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

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

2. Come unto these yellow sands
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Come unto these yellow sands,
And then take hands:
Curtsied when you have and kissed,
The wild waves whist:
Foot it featly here and there;
And, sweet sprites, the burthen bear.

 ... 

Text Authorship:

  • by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in The Tempest, Act I, scene 2

See other settings of this text.

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)

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

3. Through the house give glimmering light
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
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.

Text 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]
Total word count: 169
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