Therefore, I think, I am not in the night.

Nor doth this wood lack worlds of company;

For you in my respect are all the world
Then how can it be faid, I am alone ?`

When all the world is here to look on me?

DEM. I'll run from thee and hide me in the brakes,
And leave thee to the mercy of wild beasts.

HEL. The wildest hath not fuch a heart as you;
Run when you will, the story fhall be changid :.
Apollo flies, and Daphne holds the chase;
The dove pursues the griffin; the mild hind
Makes speed to catch the tyger. Bootlefs fpeed!
When cowardise pursues, and valour flies.

DEM. I will not stay thy questions; let me go;
Or if thou follow me, do not believe,

But I fhall do thee mifchief in the wood.

HEL. Ay, in the temple, in the town, the field, You do me mischief. Fie, Demetrius,

Your wrongs do fèt a scandal on my sex:

We cannot fight for love, as men may do:

We thou'd be woo'd, and were not made to woo.
I follow thee, and make a heav'n of hell;
To die upon the hand I love fo well.

SCENE IV.

[Exeunt.

OB. Fare thee well, nymph; ere he doth leave this grove,

Thou shalt fly him, and he shall seek thy love.

Haft thou the fow'r there? welcome, wanderer.

Enter Puck.

Puck. Ay, there it is,

OB. I pray thee, give it me;

I know a bank whereon the wild thyme blows,
Where ox-lip and the nodding violet grows,
O'r-canopy'd with luscious woodbine,

With fweet musk-roses, and with eglantine.
There fleeps Titania, fome time of the night,
Lull'd in thefe flow'rs with dances and delight;
And there the snake throws her enamel'd skin,
Weed wide enough to wrap a fairy in:
And with the juice of this I'll ftreak her eyes,
And make her full of hateful fantasies.

Take thou fome of it, and seek through this grove;
A fweet Athenian lady is in love

With a difdainful youth; anoint his eyes;

But do it, when the next thing he efpies

May be the lady. Thou shalt know the man,
By the Athenian garments he hath on.
Effect it with fome care, that he may prove
More fond of her, than fhe upon her love;

And, look, you meet me ere the first cock crow.

PUCK. Fear not, my lord, your fervant shall do fo. [Exe.

SCENE V.

Enter Queen of fairies, with her train.

QUEEN. Come, now a roundel, and a Fairy song :
Then, 'fore the third part of a minute, hence;

Some to kill cankers in the musk-rose buds,
Some war with rear mice for their leathern wing,

To make my small elves coats; and fome keep back
The clamorous owl, that nightly hoots and wonders
At our quaint fpirits. Sing me now asleep:
Then to your offices, and let me rest.

Fairies fing.

You spotted fnakes with double tongue,
Thorny hedgehogs, be not feen;
Newts and blind worms, do no wrong;
Come not near our fairy queen.
Philomel, with melody,

Sing in your sweet lullaby;
Lulla, lulla, lullaby;
› Lulla, lulla, lullaby:
Never harm,.

Nor fpell, nor charm,
Come our lovely lady nigh;

So good night with lullaby.

2 Fairy.

Weaving fpiders come not here;
Hence, you long-legg'd fpinners, hence;
Beetles black, approach not near,

Worm, nor fnail, do no offence.
Philomel with melody, &c.

1 Fairy....

Hence, away; now all is well;

One, aloof, ftand sentinel.

[Exeunt Fairies. The queen fleeps.

Enter Oberon.

OB. What thou feeft, when theu doft wake,

Do it for thy true love take:

Love and languish for his fake:

DREAM.

Be it ounce, or cat, or bear,
Pard, or boar with bristled hair,
In thy eye that shall appear,

When thou wak'ft,, it is thy dear;

Wake, when fome vile thing is near.

[Exit Oberon.

Lys. Fair love, you faint with wandring in the wood;
And, to speak truth, I have forgot our way!
We'll reft us, Hermia, if thou think it good,
And tarry for the comfort of the day.

HER. Be't fo, Lyfander; find you out a bed,
For I upon this bank will rest my head.

Lys. One turf fhall ferve as pillow for us both,
One heart, one bed, two bofoms, and one troth.

HER. Nay, good Lysander; for my sake, my dear,
Lye further off yet, do not lye fo near.

Lys. O take the sense, fweet, of my innocence;
Love takes the meaning in love's conference;

I mean, that my heart unto yours is knit;

So that but one heart can you make of it:
Two bofoms interchanged with an oath;
So then two bofoms and a single troth:
Then, by your fide no bed-room me deny;
For lying fo, Hermia, I do not lye.

HER. Lyfander riddles very prettily;
How much beshrew my manners, and my pride,
If Hermia meant to fay, Lyfander ly'd.
But, gentle friend, for love and curtefie
Lye further off; in human modesty.

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Such feparation, as, may well be faid,
Becomes a virtuous batchelor and a maid,

So far be diftant; and good night, fweet friend;
Thy love ne'er alter, till thy fweet life end!

Lys. Amen, amen, to that fair prayer, say I;
And then end life when I end loyalty!

Here is my bed, fleep give thee all his rest! }

HER. With half that with the wisher's eyes be preft!

Enter' Puck.

Puck. Through the forest have I gone,

But Athenian found I none,

[They fleep,

[Exit.