Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine, And with the juice of this I'll streak her eyes, Take thou some of it, and seek through this grove. With a disdainful youth: anoint his eyes; [Exeunt. SCENE III. Another Part of the Wood. Enter TITANIA, with her Train. Tita. Come, now a roundel,' and a fairy song, Then, for the third part of a minute, hence; Some, to kill cankers in the musk-rose buds; Some, war with rear-mice for their leathern wings, To make my small elves coats; and some, keep back The clamorous owl, that nightly hoots, and wonders At our quaint spirits.3 Sing me now asleep; Then to your offices, and let me rest. SONG. 1 Fai. You spotted snakes, with double tongue, Newts, and blindworms,5 do no wrong ; 1 The roundel, or round, as its name implies, was a dance in a ring. 2 Bats. 3 Sports. 4 Efts. 5 Slow-worms. CHORUS. Philomel, with melody, Sing in our sweet lullaby; Lulla, lulla, lullaby; lulla, lulla, lullaby ; So, good night, with lullaby. II. 2 Fai. Weaving spiders, come not here ; CHORUS. Philomel, with melody, &c. 1 Fai. Hence, away; now all is well. One, aloof, stand sentinel. [Exeunt Fairies. TITANIA sleeps. Enter OBERON. Obe. What thou seest when thou dost wake, [Squeezes the flower on TITANIA's eyelids. Do it for thy true love take. Love, and languish for his sake. Wake, when some vile thing is near. Enter LYSANDER and HERMIA. [Exit. Lys. Fair love, you faint with wandering in the wood; And to speak troth, I have forgot our way; We'll rest us, Hermia, if you think it good, Her. Be it so, Lysander; find you out a bed, For I upon this bank will rest my head. VOL. II. 4 Lys. One turf shall serve as pillow for us both; One heart, one bed, two bosoms, and one troth. Her. Nay, good Lysander; for my sake, my dear, Lie farther off yet; do not lie so near. Lys. O, take the sense, sweet, of my innocence;1 Her. Lysander riddles very prettily.- Here is my bed. Sleep give thee all his rest! pressed! Enter PUCK. Puck. Through the forest have I gone, 1 i. e. "understand the meaning of my innocence, or my innocent meanLet no suspicion of ill enter thy mind." ing. This word here means the same as if she had said, "Now ill befall my manners," &c. And here the maiden, sleeping sound, Near this lack-love, this kill-courtesy. Enter DEMETRIUS and HELENA, running. [Exit. Hel. Stay, though thou kill me, sweet Demetrius. Dem. I charge thee, hence, and do not haunt me thus. Hel. O, wilt thou darkling leave me? Do not so. Dem. Stay, on thy peril; I alone will go. [Exit DEMETRius. Hel. O, I am out of breath in this fond chase! The more my prayer, the lesser is my grace. Happy is Hermia, wheresoe'er she lies; For she hath blessed and attractive eyes. How came her eyes so bright? Not with salt tears; If so, my eyes are oftener washed than hers No, no, I am as ugly as a bear; For beasts that meet me, run away for fear. Lys. And run through fire I will, for thy sweet sake. [Waking Transparent Helena! Nature shows her art, That through thy bosom makes me see thy heart. 1 Possess. 2 The quartos have only "Nature shows art." The first folio-"Nature her shows art." The second folio changes her to here. Malone thought we should read, "Nature shows her art." Where is Demetrius? O, how fit a word Hel. Do not say so, Lysander; say not so. Lys. Content with Hermia? No. I do repent And leads me to your eyes; where I o'erlook Hel. Wherefore was I to this keen mockery born? When, at your hands, did I deserve this scorn? Is't not enough, is't not enough, young man, That I did never, no, nor never can, Deserve a sweet look from Demetrius' eye, But you must flout my insufficiency? Good troth, you do me wrong, good sooth, you do, But fare you well. Perforce I must confess, O, that a lady, of one man refused, Should of another, therefore, be abused! [Exit. Lys. She sees not Hermia!-Hermia, sleep thou there, And never mayst thou come Lysander near! 1 i. e. do not ripen to it. |