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Captain · 61-69, M
Where the bee sucks, there suck I:
In a cowslip’s bell I lie;
There I couch when owls do cry.
On the bat’s back I do fly
After summer merrily.
Merrily, merrily shall I live now
Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.
I did not know until I just googled it its Will Shakespeare (or Anne of course) who authored that one as well. - from the Tempest - which was the first Shakespeare play I ever saw when it was put on for us at school by some travelling actors (that would have been 1969). I remember Caliban was my favourite character - which I suppose reflected my social isolation and low self esteem as I was still learning to cope with my dyslexia, gentle nature and gawkiness at the time - went from bottom of the class to top of the class that year. That’s why all that stuff probably stuck with me.
In a cowslip’s bell I lie;
There I couch when owls do cry.
On the bat’s back I do fly
After summer merrily.
Merrily, merrily shall I live now
Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.
I did not know until I just googled it its Will Shakespeare (or Anne of course) who authored that one as well. - from the Tempest - which was the first Shakespeare play I ever saw when it was put on for us at school by some travelling actors (that would have been 1969). I remember Caliban was my favourite character - which I suppose reflected my social isolation and low self esteem as I was still learning to cope with my dyslexia, gentle nature and gawkiness at the time - went from bottom of the class to top of the class that year. That’s why all that stuff probably stuck with me.