Ere the bat hath flown
His cloistered flight, ere, to black Hecate's summons
The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums
Hath rung night's yawning peal, there shall be done
A deed of dreadful note.


Macbeth (1606) act 3, sc. 2, l. 40


Ere the bat hath flown His cloistered flight, ere, to black Hecate's summons The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums Hath rung night's yawning...

Ere the bat hath flown His cloistered flight, ere, to black Hecate's summons The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums Hath rung night's yawning...

Ere the bat hath flown His cloistered flight, ere, to black Hecate's summons The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums Hath rung night's yawning...

Ere the bat hath flown His cloistered flight, ere, to black Hecate's summons The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums Hath rung night's yawning...