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Lysander, Lines 156-168a
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Act 1,
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Lines 156-168a

A performance of lines 156-168a by Lysander in Act 1, Scene 1 of myShakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

myShakespeare | Midsummer Night's Dream 1.1 Performance: Lysander Lines 156-168a

Lysander

A good persuasion, therefore hear me, Hermia.
I have a widow aunt, a dowager
Of great revenue, and she hath no child.
From Athens is her house remote seven leagues,
And she respects me as her only son.
There, gentle Hermia, may I marry thee,
And to that place the sharp Athenian law
Cannot pursue us. If thou lov’st me, then
Steal forth thy father's house tomorrow night,
And in the wood, a league without the town
Where I did meet thee once with Helena
To do observance to a morn of May,
There will I stay for thee.