I know a bank where the wild Thyme blows,
Where the oxlips and the nodding violet grows
Quite o-er canopied with luscious woodbine,
With sweet musk-roses, and with eglantine:
There sleeps Titania sometime of the night,
Lull'd in these flowers with dances and delight.
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Midsummer Night’s Dream
Set by John Bartlett (b. 1949), "Midsummer Night’s Dream", 1977 [ voice and piano ] [Sung Text]
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Text Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Midsummer Night's Dream, Act II, Scene 1
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo) , no title
... And I do love thee. Therefore go with me. I’ll give thee fairies to attend on thee, And they shall fetch thee jewels from the deep And sing while thou on pressèd flowers dost sleep. ...
Text Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Midsummer Night's Dream, Act III, Scene 1
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]... There sleeps Titania sometime of the night, Lull'd in these flowers with dances and delight. ...
Text Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Midsummer Night's Dream, Act II, Scene 1
See other settings of this text.
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo) , no title
Author(s): William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)