Typical tales of fancy, romance, and history from Shakespeare's plays; in narrative form, largely in Shakespeare's words, with dialogue passages in the original dramatic text . uds Is, as in mockery, set. The spring, the summer, The [fruitful] autumn, angry winter, change Their wonted liveries ; and the [puzzled] world, By their increase, now knows not which is which. And this same progeny of evils comes From our debate, from our dissension : We are their parents and original. Oberon. Do you amend it then; it lies in should Titania cross her Oberon ?I do but beg a little changeling boy
Typical tales of fancy, romance, and history from Shakespeare's plays; in narrative form, largely in Shakespeare's words, with dialogue passages in the original dramatic text . uds Is, as in mockery, set. The spring, the summer, The [fruitful] autumn, angry winter, change Their wonted liveries ; and the [puzzled] world, By their increase, now knows not which is which. And this same progeny of evils comes From our debate, from our dissension : We are their parents and original. Oberon. Do you amend it then; it lies in should Titania cross her Oberon ?I do but beg a little changeling boy,To be my Titania. Set your heart at rest : The fairy land buys not the child of mother was a votaress of my order,bAnd for her sake I do rear up her boy,And for her sake I will not part with him. Oberon. How long within this wood intend you stay ? Titania. Perchance, till after Theseus you will patiently dance in our round, 1 Banks. 2 Winter. » Page. a That is, the beginning of midsummer. The word spring was often thus used inShakespeares time. See Introduction, p. One who loved and respected fairies. A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM. 31. And see our moonlight revels, go with us ;If not, shun me, and I will spare your haunts. Oberon. Give me that boy, and I will go with thee. Titania. Not for thy fairy kingdom. — Fairies, away !We shall chide downright, if I longer stay. [Titania, with her train, goes out. Oberon. Well, go thy way: thou shalt not from this grove,Till I torment thee for this injury. —My gentle Puck, come hither. Then Oberon reminds Puck how once, when they were on a high mountainby the sea, they heard the mermaids sing; and says that at that very time he saw(though Puck could not see) flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid,all armed; he saw the little love-god shoot an arrowsmartly from his bow, aimed at a fair virgin queen,aand though the arrow was swift enough to pierce ahundred thousand hearts, it missed the que
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