by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Hearke, hearke, the Larke at Heavens...
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Language: English
Hearke, hearke, the Larke at Heavens gate sings,
and Phœbus gins arise,
His Steeds to water at those Springs
on chalic'd Flowres that lyes:
And winking Mary-buds begin to ope their Golden eyes
With every thing that pretty is, my Lady sweet arise:
Arise arise.
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. Published according to the True Originall Copies. London. Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed. Blount. 1623 (Facsimile from the First Folio Edition, London: Chatto and Windus, Piccadilly. 1876), page 377 of the Tragedies.
Note: The poem is Cloten's song in act II, scene 3.
Text Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "Song", appears in Cymbeline [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
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