A Midsummer Night’s Dream Act 1 Scene 1 lyrics

by

William Shakespeare


SCENE I. Athens. The palace of THESEUS.
Enter THESEUS, HIPPOLYTA, PHILOSTRATE, and Attendants

THESEUS
Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour
Draws on apace;
four happy days bring in
Another moon:
but, O, methinks, how slow
This old moon wanes!
she lingers my desires,
Like to a step-dame or a dowager
Long withering out a young man revenue.


HIPPOLYTA
Four days will quickly steep themselves in night;
Four nights will quickly dream away the time;

And then the moon, like to a silver bow
New-bent in heaven
, shall behold the night
Of our solemnities.

THESEUS
Go, Philostrate,
Stir up the Athenian youth to merriments;

Awake the pert and nimble spirit of mirth;
Turn melancholy forth to funerals;
The pale companion is not for our pomp.


Exit PHILOSTRATE
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