by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Where the bee sucks there suck I
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Language: English
Where the bee sucks there suck I: In a cow-slip's bell I lie; There I couch when owls do cry. On a bat's back I do fly After summer merrily, Merrily, merrily shall I live now Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.
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- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in The Tempest, Act V, Scene 1 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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