Hip. Beshrew my heart, but I pity the man. Pyr. "O, wherefore, nature, didst thou lions frame ? "Since lion vile hath here deflour'd my dear: "Which is-no, no-which was the fairest dame, "That lived, that loved, that liked, that look'd with cheer.* "Come, tears, confound; 66 "Out, sword, and wound The pap of Pyramus: "Where heart doth hop: 'Now am I fled; "My soul is in the sky: Tongue, lose thy light! Moon, take thy flight "Now die, die, die, die, die." [Dies.-Exit MOONSHINE. Dem. No die, but an ace, for him; for he is but one. Lys. Less than an ace, man; for he is dead; he is nothing. The. With the help of a surgeon, he might yet recover, and prove an ass. Hip. How chance moonshine is gone, before Thisbe comes back and finds her lover? The. She will find him by star-light.-Here she comes; and her passion ends the play. Enter THISBE. Hip. Methinks, she should not use a long one, for such a Pyramus: I hope, she will be brief. Dem. A mote will turn the balance, which Pyramus, which Thisbe, is the better. Lys. She hath spied him already with those sweet eyes. This." Asleep, my love? "What, dead, my dove? "O Pyramus, arise, 66 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; cr 'Lay them in gore, Since you have shore "With shears his thread of silk *Countenance. Adieu, adieu, adieu." The. Moonshine, and lion are left to bury the dead. Dem. Ay, and wall to. [Dies. 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, 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 discharged. But come, your Bergomask: let your epilogue alone. [Here a dance of Clowns. The iron tongue of midnight hath told twelve:Lovers, to bed; 'tis almost fairy time. I fear we shall out-sleep the coming morn, SCENE II-Enter PUCK. Now the wasted brands do glow, Whilst the scritch-owl, scritching loud, That the graves all gaping wide, In the church-way paths to glide: By the triple Hecat's team, To sweep the dust behind the door. Enter OBERON and TITANIA, with their Train. Every elf, and fairy sprite, Hop as light as bird from brier; * Progress. † Overcome. Exeunt. And this ditty after me, Sing and dance it trippingly. Tita. First, rehearse this song by rote; Obe. Now, until the break of day, Shall upon their children be.- Every fairy take his gait† And each several chamber bless, 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, Think but this, (and all is mended), Now to 'scape the serpent's tongue, So, good night unto you all. Give me your hands, if we be friends, *Portentous. Exit. + Way. SCENE I-Navarre. A Park, with a Palace in it. Enter the KING, BIRON, LONGAVILLE, and DUMAIN. King. Let fame, that all hunt after in their lives, Live register'd upon our brazen tombs, And then grace us in the disgrace of death; When, spite of cormorant devouring time, The endeavour of this present breath may buy That honour, which shall bate his scythe's keen edge, Therefore, brave conquerors!—for so you are, Your oaths are pass'd, and now subscribe your names; Biron. I can but say their protestation over, King. Your oath is pass'd to pass away from these And stay here in your court for three years' space. King. Why, that to know, which else we should not know. Biron. Things hid and barr'd, you mean, from common sense? King. Ay, that is study's god-like recompense. Biron. Come on then, I will swear to study so To know the thing I am forbid to know: Or, study where to meet some mistress fine, I. e. the king, Biron, &c. } |