Famous Quotes | You spotted snakes with double...

You spotted snakes with double tongue,
Thorny hedgehogs, be not seen.
Newts and blindworms, do no wrong,
Come not near our Fairy Queen.
- William Shakespeare
Attribution: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. 1st Fairy, in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, act 2, sc. 2, l. 9-14. Singing a charm to keep creatures thought to be poisonous away from the sleeping Titania; “blindworms” are harmless snakes but sometimes confused with adders.

Categories: Animals, Dramatist, Fairies, Songs

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