A Midsummer Night's DreamNotes on the story, language, construction, and background accompany the text the comedy about romantic entanglements among humans and fairies. |
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... fear . Methought a serpent eat77 my heart away , And you sat smiling at his cruel prey . Lysander ! what , removed ? 78 Lysander ! lord ! What , out of hearing ? Gone ? No sound , no word ? Alack , 79 where are you ? Speak , and if80 ...
... fear . Methought a serpent eat77 my heart away , And you sat smiling at his cruel prey . Lysander ! what , removed ? 78 Lysander ! lord ! What , out of hearing ? Gone ? No sound , no word ? Alack , 79 where are you ? Speak , and if80 ...
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... fear - " take away their fear " . 12 in eight and six - " in a line of eight syllables ( q.v. ) followed by one of six , then eight , and so on " : a common kind of verse in the poems and songs of the time . 13 two more ... eight ...
... fear - " take away their fear " . 12 in eight and six - " in a line of eight syllables ( q.v. ) followed by one of six , then eight , and so on " : a common kind of verse in the poems and songs of the time . 13 two more ... eight ...
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... fear.11 QUINCE Well , we will have such a prologue ; and it shall be written in eight and six.12 BOTTOM No , make it two more ; let it be written in eight and eight.13 SNOUT Will not the ladies be afeard14 of the lion ? I fear it , I ...
... fear.11 QUINCE Well , we will have such a prologue ; and it shall be written in eight and six.12 BOTTOM No , make it two more ; let it be written in eight and eight.13 SNOUT Will not the ladies be afeard14 of the lion ? I fear it , I ...
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