Act 3, Scene 1 - Video Performance: Bottom and Titania, Lines 130-142

Bottom and Titania, Lines 130-142

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Act 3,

Scene 1

Lines 130-142

A performance of lines 130-142 by Bottom and Titania in Act 3, Scene 1 of myShakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

I pray thee, gentle mortal, sing again.

Mine ear is much enamored of thy note;

So is mine eye enthrallèd to thy shape.

And thy fair virtue's force perforce doth move me

On the first view to say, to swear, I love thee.

Methinks, mistress, you should have little reason

for that. And yet, to say the truth, reason and love

keep little company together nowadays; the more

the pity that some honest neighbors will not make them

friends. Nay, I can gleek upon occasion.

Thou art as wise as thou art beautiful.

Not so, neither. But if I had wit enough to get out

of this wood, I have enough to serve mine own turn.