FULL FATHOM FIVE
(William Shakespeare)

[Ding, ding, ding, ding dong bell]*
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.

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* Added by Vaughan Williams; permeates the text.

Text by William Shakespeare (1564-1616), from The Tempest, Act I, scene ii. Ariel, the airy spirit of the enchanted isle, sings this song to lead the shipwrecked Ferdinand, prince of Naples, to Prospero.

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