As bondage e'er of freedom: here's my hand. Mira. And mine, with my heart in't; And now farewell, Till half an hour hence. Fer. A thousand! thousand! A GUILTY CONSCIENCE. O, it is monstrous! monstrous! Methought, the billows spoke and told me of it; ACT IV. CONTINENCE BEFORE MARRIAGE. If thou dost break her virgin knot before you As I hope A LOVER'S PROTESTATION. For quiet days, fair issue and long life, With such love as 'tis now; the murkiest den, Mine honour into lust; to take away The edge of that day's celebration, When I shall think, or Phoebus' steeds are founder'd, Or night kept chain'd below. PASSION TOO STRONG FOR VOWS. Look, thou be true; do not give dalliance Too much the rein; the strongest oaths are straw To the fire i' the blood; be more abstemious Or else, good night, your vow! VANITY OF HUMAN NATURE. These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits, and * Sprinkling. Are melted into air, into thin air And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, DRUNKARDS ENCHANTED BY ARIEL. I told you, sir, they were red-hot with drinking; So full of valour, that they smote the air For breathing in their faces; beat the ground For kissing of their feet; yet always bending Towards their project; Then I beat my tabor, At which, like unback'd colts, they prick'd their ears, Advanc'd their eyelids, lifted up their noses, As they smelt music; so I charm'd their ears, Which enter'd their frail shins: at last I left them I' the filthy mantled pool beyond your cell, LIGHTNESS OF FOOT. Pray you, tread softly, that the blind mole may not Hear a foot fall. ACT V. TEARS. His tears run down his beard, like winter's drops From eavest of reeds. COMPASSION AND CLEMENCY SUPERIOR TO REVENGE, Hast thou, which art but air, a touch, a feeling Of their afflictions? and shall not myself, * Vanished. † A body of clouds in motion; but it is most probable that the author wrote track. + Thatch. One of their kind, that relish all as sharply. Yet, with my nobler reason, 'gainst my fury Do I take part: the rarer action is In virtue than in vengeance: they being penitent, FAIRIES AND MAGIC. Ye elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes, and groves; And ye, that on the sands with printless foot SENSES RETURNING. The charm dissolves apace, And as the morning steals upon the night, To him thou follow'st; I will pay thy graces You brother mine, that entertained ambition, That now lie foul and muddy. Not one of them, ARIEL'S SONG. Where the bee sucks, there suck I: In a cowslip's bell I lie; There I couch when owls do cry. On the bat's back, I do fly, After summer, merrily: Merrily, merrily, shall I live now, Under the blossom that hangs on the bough. TWELFTH NIGHT. ACT I MUSIC. IF Music be the food of love, play on, NATURAL AFFECTION ALLIED TO LOVE. O, she, that hath a heart of that fine frame, To pay this debt of love but to a brother, How will she love, when the rich golden shaft, Hath kill'd the flock of all affections else That live in her! when liver, brain, and heart, * Pity, or tenderness of heart. These sovereign thrones, are all supplied, and fill'd, (Her sweet perfections) with one self king! ESCAPE FROM DANGER. I saw your brother, Most provident in peril, bind himself (Courage and hope both teaching him the practice) I saw him hold acquaintance with the wave, A BEAUTIFUL BOY. Dear lad, believe it; For they shall yet belie thy happy years Is not more smooth, and rubious; thy small pipe DETERMINED LOVE. Ol. Why, what would you? Vio. Make me a willow cabin at your gate, ACT II. DISGUISE. Disguise. I see, thou art a wickedness, Wherein the pregnant‡ enemy does much. How easy is it, for the proper-false§ In women's waxen hearts to set their forms! *Cantos, verses. Dexterous, ready fiend. † Echoing. |