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by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)

Where the bee sucks
 (Sung text for setting by M. Tippett)
 Matches original text
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.

Composition:

    Set to music by Michael Tippett (1905 - 1998), "Where the bee sucks", from Songs for Ariel, no. 3

Text Authorship:

  • by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in The Tempest, Act V, Scene 1

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Paavo Cajander)
  • FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo) , no title


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 7
Word count: 44

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