opposition to those of the rushy brooks which are oozy. life, England being to the west of the rising sun. coverture." Lear, ii. 5. A Midsummer Night's Dream Translation Act 2, Scene 1 Also check out our detailed summary & analysis of this scene Original Translation A FAIRY and ROBIN GOODFELLOW enter from opposite sides of the stage. grind at mill Their malt up still." "When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl." The wildest, i.e. Than to be used as you use your dog? Casting notes: Usually female, 30s-40s and above. K. Deighton. 257. streak, smear, as with a painter's brush. 3. And for her sake do I rear up her boy; for 'heere' of the earlier quartos and folios. *Please note this monologue is NOT in blank verse. Thorough, the lengthened form of 'through,' for the metre's A Fairy Song by William Shakespeare features in the well-loved play, A Midsummer Nights Dream. I never may believe These antique fables nor these fairy toys. London: Macmillan, 1891. "green-sour ringlets" of Temp. She never had so sweet a changeling; Thou wall, O wall, O sweet and lovely wall, 168. in their various senses, are used convertibly by Shakespeare. Shakespeare, William. And this same progeny of evils comes 251. over-canopied, covered over as with a canopy. uproarious in their merriment; Farmer conjectured yexen i.e. 138. intend you stay, for the omission of 'to' before stay, see 197, 8. leave you shall, if you will abandon your power to This form requires that the sonnet be made up of threequatrains, or sets of four lines, and one concludingcouplet. Well, go thy way; thou shalt not from this grove They go through bushes and over confined spaces. Stage Direction. "And Oes, or Spangs, as they are of no great cost, so they are of 232. the griffin, a fabulous animal, frequently represented in I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, at the neglect of our rites: washes But room, fairy, here comes Oberon. And by opposing end them? 'Gossips,' then, says The fairy wishes Robin farewell and heads off to prepare for Titanias arrival. It is not night when I do see your face, As from a voyage, rich with merchandise. Met we on hill, in dale, forest, or mead, 'will' (desire); see Abb. 201. nor I cannot, the emphatic double negative; see Abb. Schmidt gives "disorder of 30, "who even now Is couched in the woodbine And every fair from fair sometime declines, My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun (Sonnet 130). saved by the dolphins when, in order to escape being murdered 163. 174. leviathan, in Shakespeare meaning a huge whale; cp. Of old supposed to be caused by the nightly whicn he shot his bolt. Run when you will, whenever you choose to run: the story, This monologue is performed by Tamsin Sandford Smith, and it is part of the Jazz Hands Productions radio play of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, ava. "Smooth every passion That in the natures of their lords rebel": 100. draw, I shall, etc. I'll met, instead of being pleased to encounter her at the The first is unstressed, and the second is stressed. At a west, a compliment to Queen Elizabeth's maiden fairy as a trisyllable being, as he says, "too ridiculous." 160. scent than for its beauty: eglantine, more commonly called Over hill, over dale, Thorough bush, thorough brier,. with three legs, such as were common in cottages. 105. rheumatic diseases. To drown me in thy sister's flood of tears:" on a dolphin's 161. might see, was able to see; for might, the past tense of metals fused together. For the pestilential Corin and Phillis are names of shepherds and shepherdesses in Would that he were gone! quarrelling; cp. 75, the work on which sat drinking; 'gossip,' from 'God' and 'sib'= akin, was formerly And yet with me, and yet even that I look upon as a What, is that you, jealous Oberon? 118. it, the present state of things between us: lies in you, is see Introduction. personages on the stage" (C. Clarke). The A Midsummer Night's Dream monologues below are extracts from the full modern A Midsummer Night's Dream ebook, along with a modern English translation. What, jealous Oberon! lonely as this offers. 105-14. For example: Home William Shakespeare A Fairy Song. I pray thee, gentle mortal, sing again:Mine ear is much enamour'd of thy note; So is mine eye enthralled to thy shape;And thy fair virtue's force perforce doth move meOn the first view to say, to swear, I love thee. I have seen roses damasked, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks; And in some perfumes is there more delight, To be, or not to be: that is the question:Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to sufferThe slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,And by opposing end them? OBERON. 18. doth keep, has determined to hold. To die: to sleep;No more; and by a sleep to say we endThe heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks, Academy of American Poets, 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act II, Scene I [Over hill, over dale], Shall I compare thee to a summers day? modern languages" (Murray, English Dict.). Knowing I know thy love to Theseus? root And 'tailor' cries. course on the ocean; cp. lilie-paved side." William Shakespeare 1564 - 1616 A wood near Athens. And then the whole quire hold their hips and laugh, Shakespeare): grows, the verb for the rhyme's sake being made 8, "And summer's green all girded up in sheaves Born To fetch me trifles, and return again, 26, "As send precepts to the leviathan To come not be busy; so we speak of a 'busybody,' meaning one who I'll follow thee, and make a Heaven of Hell, These are the forgeries of jealousy:And never, since the middle summer's spring,Met we on hill, in dale, forest or mead,By paved fountain or by rushy brook,Or in the beached margent of the sea,To dance our ringlets to the whistling wind, But with thy brawls thou hast disturb'd our sport.Therefore the winds, piping to us in vain,As in revenge, have suck'd up from the seaContagious fogs; which falling in the landHave every pelting river made so proud That they have overborne their continents:The ox hath therefore stretch'd his yoke in vain,The ploughman lost his sweat, and the green cornHath rotted ere his youth attain'd a beard;The fold stands empty in the drowned field,And crows are fatted with the murrion flock;The nine men's morris is fill'd up with mud,And the quaint mazes in the wanton greenFor lack of tread are undistinguishable:The human mortals want their winter here;No night is now with hymn or carol blest:Therefore the moon, the governess of floods,Pale in her anger, washes all the air,That rheumatic diseases do abound:And thorough this distemperature we see The seasons alter: hoary-headed frostsFar in the fresh lap of the crimson rose,And on old Hiems' thin and icy crownAn odorous chaplet of sweet summer budsIs, as in mockery, set: the spring, the summer,The childing autumn, angry winter, changeTheir wonted liveries, and the mazed world,By their increase, now knows not which is which:And this same progeny of evils comesFrom our debate, from our dissension; We are their parents and original. Crowns him with flowers, and makes him all her joy. OBERON. since we refused to dance when As it should pierce. If the reading is right, the word must be pronounced But do it when the next thing he espies Shakespeare's Language Will make or man or woman madly dote Alack, alack, alack, 164. 151. breath, musical voice: used of singing, T. N. ii. Abb. midsummer, unbound, or made up, you endanger the loss of 52. RT @markifies: Btw,, Mark's reading is Helena's monologue from Shakespeare's play "A Midsummer Night's Dream" 14 Jun 2023 23:28:24 And see our moonlight revels, go with us; How now, spirit! A True Gentleman: Examining Shakespeare's Theseus And waxen in their mirth, and neeze, and swear above. When cowardice pursues and valour flies. Ay, there it is. There seems, however, the possibility that here the breast made flaccid by age. man: Set your heart at rest, said sarcastically; do not for a less ethereal nature than the fairies; lob, literally dolt, blockhead, and etymologically connected with 'lubber.' HELENA. In a wood, a league without the Old Town, the players of the Forth Act have set out their stall in an accomplished and highly entertaining al-fresco production of Shakespeare's great comedy, A Midsummer Night's Dream. followed Malone, Dyce, and Delius in accepting Tyrwhitt's But she perforce withholds the loved boy, 1. livyathan an aquatic animal, dragon, 121. henchman, attendant, page. puny sword in Frenchmen's blood." implied in the subjunctive" (Abb. Perchance till after Theseus' wedding-day. now all is well: There sleeps Titania sometime of the night, Is true as steel. In forty minutes. 5. Over hill, over dale,Thorough bush, thorough brier,Over park, over pale,Thorough flood, thorough fire,I do wander everywhere,Swifter than the moon's sphere;And I serve the fairy queen, To dew her orbs upon the green.The cowslips tall her pensioners be:In their gold coats spots you see;Those be rubies, fairy favours,In those freckles live their savours: I must go seek some dewdrops hereAnd hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear.Farewell, thou lob of spirits; I'll be gone:Our queen and all our elves come here anon. i. H. VI. And, in the spiced Indian air, by night, Skim, properly speaking we should have 'skims,' 'labours,' 267. look thou meet, take care to meet; see note on 1. Would imitate, and sail upon the land, Wright understands For centuries it's been one of Shakespeare's most beloved plays. I jest to Oberon, and make him smile 65, "From thence a Faerie thee unweeting reft, There OBERON. The King and Queen of the Fairies, Oberon and Titania, have quarrelled over the possession of a little Indian boy. Ety. (date when you accessed the information) < http://www.shakespeare-online.com/plays/mids_2_1.html >. Wright explains. translated by Lord Bemers, probably earlier than 1598. by William Shakespeare FIRST FAIRY There is trouble in Fairyland. Baldwin, Emma. From: A Midsummer Night's Dream. 117. original, first cause. yoke was the curved piece of wood put upon the neck of oxen which they were penned: drowned, flooded with rain to such an cp. sponsors, who being thus brought together, allow themselves Titania is the queen of the fairies, and is usually played by actors with a mature and/or regal casting type. Enter DEMETRIUS, HELENA following him. William Shakespeare is considered to be one of the most important English-language writers. Without prior knowledge about A Midsummer Nights Dream, its unlikely that readers are going to understand what exactly is going on in this short poem. Its sung by a fairy and describes their work. And in the shape of Corin sat all day, a stitcher is engaged. When the person wakes up, he or she falls in love with the first person seen. You draw me, you hard-hearted adamant; moon; then came those of Mercury, Venus, The Sun, Mars, 152. rude, rough: civil, quiet, in antithesis with rude: at, on Thorough flood, thorough fire, And her base elfin tawny Spain lost in the world's debate"; ii. If not, shun me, and I will spare your haunts. privilege, beginning a new clause with for that = because. We shall chide downright if I longer stay. more to time Than I do now." Upon the next live creature that it sees. Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine, 11. Unworthy as I am, to follow you. no better. Thus Evelyn in his Sylva: 'Where the rows and the brush lie longer than midsummer, unbound, or made up, you endanger the loss of the second spring'" (Henley). The presence of benevolent fairies Readers who enjoyed A Fairy Song should also consider reading some other William Shakespeare poems. Act V, Scene 1 Athens. iv. being Perigune. 7. the moon's sphere. 196, 7. I love thee not, therefore pursue me not. 62. forsworn, sworn utterly to avoid; cp. Poem Analysis, https://poemanalysis.com/william-shakespeare/a-fairy-song/. And I shall have no power to follow you. ! This piece is. AEgle, a nymph beloved by Theseus, for whom he forsook here = by dewing, see Abb. pensioners. A Midsummer Night's Dream was the play that made me fall in love with Shakespeare. Weed wide enough to wrap a fairy in; 2. 140. patiently, without displaying ill humour such as you have They travel through water and fire. be called mazes or labyrinths. H. VI. Lost your password? Copyright 2020-2022 Shakespeare with Sarah | All rights reserved. Egeus. His plays and poems are read all over the world. 168. love-in-idleness, one of the names given by rustics to the betid"; W. T. ii. pretending to be surprised at meeting him: skip hence, i.e. The King doth keep his revels here to-night; 204. Contagious fogs; which, falling in the land, 90 The poem follows a consistentrhyme schemethat conforms to the pattern of ABAB CDCD EFEF GG, and it is written iniambic pentameter. marriage of your mistress, Hippolyta. pay you compliments. have been taken from the story of Otnit in the Heldenbuch, where 112. childing, fruit-bearing; literally, bringing forth children. But yet you draw not iron, for my heart 9-13, "where your argosies C. E. v. 1. 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