This. "Asleep, my love? "What dead, my dove? "O Pyramus, arise, "Speak, speak. Quite dumb? "Dead, Dead? A tomb "Must cover thy sweet eyes. "These lily brows, "This cherry nose, "These yellow cowslip cheeks, "Are gone, are gone: "Lovers, make moan! "His eyes were green as leeks. "O sisters three, "Come, come, to me, "With hands as pale as milk; "Lay them in gore, "Since you have shore "With shears his thread of silk. "Come, blade, my breast imbrue: "And farewell, friends; "Thus Thisby ends: Adieu, adieu, adieu." [Dies. The. Moonshine and lion are left to bury the dead. Dem. Ay, and wall too. Bot. No, I assure you; the wall is down that parted their fathers. Will it please you to see the epilogue, or to hear a Bergomask dance 69, between two of our company? The. No epilogue, I pray you; for your play needs no excuse. Never excuse; for when the players are all dead, there need none to be blamed. Marry, if he that writ it, had play'd Pyramus, and hang'd himself in Thisbe's garter, it would have been a fine tragedy: and so it is, truly; and very notably discharg'd. But come, your Bergomask: let your epilogue alone. [Here a dance of Clowns. The iron tongue of midnight hath told twelve:- I fear, we shall out-sleep the coming morn, [Exeunt. SCENE II. Enter PUCK. Puck. Now the hungry lion roars, In remembrance of a shroud. Now it is the time of night, In the church-way paths to glide: Following darkness like a dream, Enter OBERON and TITANIA, with their Train. Obe. Through this house give glimmering light, Every elf, and fairy sprite, Hop as light as bird from brier; And this ditty, after me, Sing, and dance it trippingly. Tita. First, rehearse this song by rote: To each word a warbling note, SONG AND DANCE. Obe. Now, until the break of day, And the issue, there create, So shall all the couples three And the blots of nature's hand Shall upon their children be, With this field-dew consecrate, Every fairy take his gait; And each several chamber bless, E'er shall it in safety rest, And the owner of it blest. Trip away; Make no stay; Meet me all by break of day. [Exeunt Oberon, Titania, and Train. Puck. If we shadows have offended, |