A Fairy Tale in Two Acts Taken from Shakespeare (1763) by Shakespeare (spurious and doubtful works)
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So is mine eye enthralled to thy shape,
On the first view to say, to swear, I love thee. Bot. Methinks, mistress, you should have little reason for that; and yet, to say the truth, reason and love keep little company together now-a-days. The more the pity, that some honest neighbours will not make them friends. Nay I can gleek upon occasion. Queen. Thou art as wise as thou art beautiful. Bot. Not so neither: But if I had wit enough to get out of this wood, I have enough to serve mine own turn. Queen. Out of this wood do not desire to go; Thou shalt remain here, whether thou wilt or no, I am a spirit of no common rate; The summer still doth tend upon my state, And I do love thee; therefore go with me, I'll give thee Fairies to attend on thee; And they shall fetch thee jewels from the deep, And sing, while thou on pressed flow'rs doth sleep; And I will purge thy mortal grossness so, That thou shalt like an airy Spirit go. Peaseblossom, Cob, Moth, Mustardseed! Enter Peaseblossom, Cobweb, Moth, Mustardseed, Four Fairies. Pease. Ready. Cob. And I. |
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