d'ost thou know a little man whom they call puck?
it is so long since i last saw him..
yes, i knew puck i knew him well...
dead with all of that sweet elfin crew
who built their nests in hollow shells where hazels grew

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Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 17 Feb 2006 11:11 PST

As noted below in a comment by atk-ga, your verse is very similar to
an excerpt from a poem by Eugene Lee-Hamilton.

Check "The Death of Puck" here:

http://www.photoaspects.com/chesil/hamilton/index.html

I'm pretty sure it's neither.  These lines seem to be (greatly!)
excerpted from Eugene Lee-Hamilton's poem "The Death of Puck."

It may be referential to Shakespeare, rather than being Shakespeare.
Puck appears in A Midsummer Night's Dream.

- Hammer