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A MIDSUMMER-NIGHT’S DREAM
act iii
That fallen am I in dark uneven way,
And here will rest me. [Lies down.] Come, thou gentle day!
For if but once thou show me thy grey light,
I'll find Demetrius and revenge this spite. [Sleeps.
Re-enter Puck and Demetrius.
Puck.
Ho! ho! ho! Coward, why comest thou not?
Demetrius.
Abide me, if thou darest; for well I wot
Thou runn’st before me, shifting every place,
And darest not stand, nor look me in the face.
Where art thou now?
Puck.
Where art thou now? Come hither: I am here.
Demetrius.
Nay, then, thou mock’st me. Thou shalt buy this dear,
If ever I thy face by daylight see:
Now, go thy way. Faintness constraineth me
To measure out my length on this cold bed.
By day’s approach look to be visited.
[Lies down and sleeps.
