But she, being mortal, of that boy did die;
And for her sake I do rear up her boy,136
And for her sake I will not part with him.
Obe. How long within this wood intend you stay?
Tita. Perchance, till after Theseus' wedding-day.
If you will patiently dance in our round,140
And see our moonlight revels, go with us;
If not, shun me, and I will spare your haunts.
Obe. Give me that boy, and I will go with thee.
Tita. Not for thy fairy kingdom. Fairies, away!144
We shall chide downright, if I longer stay.
Obe. Well, go thy way: thou shalt not from this grove
Till I torment thee for this injury.
My gentle Puck, come hither. Thou remember'st
Since once I sat upon a promontory,149
And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's back
Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath,
That the rude sea grew civil at her song,152
And certain stars shot madly from their spheres
To hear the sea-maid's music.
Puck.I remember.
Obe. That very time I saw, but thou couldst not,
Flying between the cold moon and the earth,156
Cupid all arm'd: a certain aim he took
At a fair vestal throned by the west,
And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow,
As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts;
But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft161
Quench'd in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon,
145 chide: quarrel
147 injury: affront
148-169 Cf. n.
149 Since: when
