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William Shakespeare

Fairy Land

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FULL fathom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes:
    Nothing of him that doth fade,
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell:
                                Ding-dong.
    Hark! now I hear them—
                        Ding-dong, bell!