| |Excerpts of «Would That I Could"taken from |
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| |A MIDSUMMER’S NIGHT’S DREAM-William Shakespeare|
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| Over hill, over dale
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| Thorough bush, thorough brier
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| Over park, over pale
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| Thorough flood, thorough fire
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| Would that I could I’d be serving my Titania
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| Would that I could I’d never return
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| Would that I could I’d be loving my Oberon
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| Would that I could I’d stay for good
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| I do wander everywhere
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| Swifter than the moon’s sphere
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| And I serve the fairy queen
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| To dew her orbs upon the green
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| Would that I could I’d be serving my Titania
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| Would that I could I’d never return
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| Would that I could I’d be loving my Oberon
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| Would that I could I’d stay for good
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| The cowslips tall, her pensioners be
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| In their gold coats, spots you see
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| Those be rubies, fairy favours
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| In those freckles live their savours
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| Would that I could I’d be serving my Titania
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| Would that I could I’d never return
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| Would that I could I’d be loving my Oberon
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| Would that I could I’d stay for good
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| I must go seek some dewdrops here
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| And hang a pearl in every cowslip’s ear
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| Farewell thou lob of spirits, I’ll be gone
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| Our queen and all her elves come here anon
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| Would that I could I’d be serving my Titania
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| Would that I could I’d never return
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| Would that I could I’d be loving my Oberon
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| Would that I could I’d stay for good |