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Author:
William Shakespeare
Editor:
Suzanne Westfall
Not Peer Reviewed
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Quarto 1, 1600)
A Mid
s
ommer nightes dreame.
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That you haue but
s
l
umbred here,
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While the
s
e vi
s
i
ons did appeare.
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And this weake and idle theame,
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No more yielding but a dreame,
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Gentles, doe not reprehend.
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If you pardon, wee will mend.
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And, as I am an hone
s
t
Puck
,
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If we haue vnearned luck,
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Now to
s
cape the Serpents tongue,
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We will make amends, ere long:
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El
s
e, the
Puck
a lyer call.
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So, good night vnto you all.
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Giue me your hands, if we be friends:
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And
Robin
s
h
all re
s
t
ore amends.
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FINIS.