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THE MIDSUMMER NIGHT.

(A DRAMATIC SCENE).

An Open Place. Trees growing about it—low shrubs and a Wood close at hand.

Enter Shakespearea boy,from the wood.

SHAKESPEARE.

PSHAW! I have taken the wrong path again!
Plague on those tempting bushes! 'Twill be long
Ere I come here for berries any more.—
'Tis growing dusk: how shall I find my way?
And I so weary too! Well, bye and bye,
When the moon rises, I can try again