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 (1892) (14595043640)

Oberon and Titania
Identifier: typicaltalesoffa00shak (find matches)
Title: 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
Year: 1892 (1890s)
Authors: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Raymond, Robert Reikes, 1817-1888, (from old catalog) ed
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Publisher: New York, Fords, Howard, and Hulbert
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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iry qiceen: CHORUS. Philomel? with melody,Sing in our sweet lullaby ;Lulla, lulla, lullaby ; lulla, lulla, lullaby : Never harm, Nor spell nor charm, Come our lovely lady nigh ; So, good night, with lullaby. II.2d Fairy. Weaving spiders, come not here ; Hence, you long-legged spinners, hence !Beetles black, approach not near;Worm, nor snail, do no offence. CHORUS. Philo?nel, with melody, etc. ist Fairy. Hence away ! now all is well.One, aloof, stand sentinel. Titania sleeps, and the fairies fly softly away. Then, seeing his queen asleep,King Oberon entered softly, and touched Titanias eyelids with the magic flower,saying, as he did so, — What thou seest, when thou dost wake, Do it for thy true love take ; Love, and languish for his sake : Be it ounce, or cat, or bear, Pard,4 or boar with bristled hair, In thy eye that shall appear When thou wakst, it is thy dear. Wake when some vile thing- is near. Bats. 2 Pretty, curious. 3 Nightingale. 4 Leopard. 36 SHAKESPEARE FOR THE YOUNG FOLK.
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Oberon. What thou seest, when thou dost wake,Do it for thy true love take. Then out he crept, leaving the sweet little fairy queen in an enchanted sleep.At this moment Lysander and Hermia, who had met in the forest according toagreement, came into the same place hand-in-hand. They had been walking along way on their tiresome night-journey, and were quite weary. Of course theycould not see Titania, for though the fairies can see mortals, mortals cannot pos-sibly see fairies. Lysander was sorry that his dear Hermia should be so tired, andhe said, — A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM. 37 Fair love, you faint with wandering in the wood,And, to speak truth, I have forgot our way;We 11 rest us, Hermia, if you think it good,And tarry for the comfort of the day. Hermia. Be it so, Lysander, find you out a bed ;For I upon this bank will rest my head. Good night, sweet friend :Thy love neer alter till thy sweet life end ! Lysander. Amen, amen; Sleep give thee all his rest! Her7iiia. With half that wish