The Bees’ Kingdom (excerpt from Henry V)

BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE For so work the honey-bees, Creatures that, by a rule in nature, teach The art of order to a peopled kingdom: They have a king and officers of state, Where some, like magistrates, correct at home, Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad, Others, like soldiers, armed in their stings, Make boot upon……

Winter (Love’s Labours Lost, Act V, sc. 2)

BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE When icicles hang by the wall, And Dick the shepherd blows his nail, And Tom bears logs into the hall, And milk comes frozen home in pail, When blood is nipp’d, and ways be foul, Then nightly sings the staring owl: ‘Tu-who; Tu-whit, Tu-who’- A merry note, While greasy Joan doth keel……