A Midsummer Night's DreamAn exciting new edition of the complete works of Shakespeare with these features: Illustrated with photographs from New York Shakespeare Festival productions, vivid readable readable introductions for each play by noted scholar David Bevington, a lively personal foreword by Joseph Papp, an insightful essay on the play in performance, modern spelling and pronunciation, up-to-date annotated bibliographies, and convenient listing of key passages. |
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... Cupid had two arrows , one with a golden head to cause love and one with a leaden tip that killed all passion . 171 ... Cupid's strongest bow , 170 By his best arrow with the golden head , By the simplicity of Venus ' doves , By that ...
... Cupid had two arrows , one with a golden head to cause love and one with a leaden tip that killed all passion . 171 ... Cupid's strongest bow , 170 By his best arrow with the golden head , By the simplicity of Venus ' doves , By that ...
Page 23
... Cupid's arrow because the moon is associated with both water and chastity ( see notes to lines 104 and 155 ) ... Cupid all arm'd : a certain aim he took At a fair vestal throned by the west , And loos'd his love - shaft smartly from his ...
... Cupid's arrow because the moon is associated with both water and chastity ( see notes to lines 104 and 155 ) ... Cupid all arm'd : a certain aim he took At a fair vestal throned by the west , And loos'd his love - shaft smartly from his ...
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... Cupid all arm'd : a certain aim he took At a fair vestal throned by the west And loos'd his love - shaft smartly from his bow , 5 As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts ; But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the ...
... Cupid all arm'd : a certain aim he took At a fair vestal throned by the west And loos'd his love - shaft smartly from his bow , 5 As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts ; But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the ...
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