We shall chide downright, if I longer stay. [Exeunt Titania, and her train. Obe. Well, go thy way: thou shalt not from this grove, Till I torment thee for this injury. My gentle Puck, come hither: Thou remember'st And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Puck. I remember. And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, In maiden meditation, fancy-free.] Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell: It fell upon a little western flower,— Before, milk-white; now purple with love's wound, And maidens call it, love-in-idleness. Fetch me that flower; the herb I show'd thee once; Will make or man or woman madly dote Puck. I'll put a girdle round about the earth (1) Exempt from love. And drop the liquor of it in her eyes: Enter Demetrius, Helena following him. Thou told'st me, they were stol'n into this wood. Dem. Do I entice you? Do I speak you fair? Hel. And even for that do I love you the more. I am your spaniel; and, Demetrius, The more you beat me, I will fawn on you: What worser place can I beg in your love (And yet a place of high respect with me,) Than to be used as you use your dog? Dem. Tempt not too much the hatred of my spirit; For I am sick, when I do look on thee. Hel. And I am sick when I look not on you. (1) Mad, raving. Dem. You do impeach1 your modesty too much, Hel. Your virtue is my privilege for that. 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 such a heart as you. Run when you will, the story shall be chang'd; Apollo flies, and Daphne holds the chase; The dove pursues the griffin; the mild hind Makes speed to catch the tiger: bootless speed! When cowardice pursues, and valour flies. Dem. I will not stay thy questions; let me go: Or, if thou follow me, do not believe But I shall do thee mischief in the wood. Hel. Ay, in the temple, in the town, the field, You do me mischief. Fie, Demetrius ! Your wrongs do set a scandal on my sex : We should be woo'd, and were not made to woo. To die upon the hand I love so well. [Exeunt Dem. and Hel. Ove. Fare thee well, nymph: ere he do leave this grove, Thou shalt fly him, and he shall seek thy love. Re-enter Puck. Hast thou the flower there? Welcome, wanderer. (1) Bring in question. (2) By. Puck. Ay, there it is. Obe. 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; So. SCENE III.—Another part of the wood. Enter Titania, with her train. Tita. Come, now a roundel,3 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-mice4 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:5 sing me now asleep; (1) The greater cowslip. (2) Vigorous. SONG. 1 Fai. You spotted snakes, with double tongue, Chorus. Philomel, with melody, 2 Fai. Sing in our sweet lullaby; Lulla, lulla, lullaby; lulla, lulla, lullaby: So, good night, with lullaby. II. Weaving spiders, come not here; Hence, you long-legg'd spinners, hence: Chorus. Philomel, with melody, &c. [Exeunt Fairies. Titania sleeps. 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: Be it ounce,3 or cat, or bear, In thy eye that shall appear When thou wak'st, it is thy dear; Wake, when some vile thing is near. Enter Lysander and Hermia. [Exit. Lys. Fair love, you faint with wandering in the wood; (1) Efts. (2) Slow-worms. (3) The small tiger. |