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"seal of bliss"
Cultural Context
Act 3,
Scene 2
Lines 143-144

An explanation of the phrase “seal of bliss” in Act 3, Scene 2 of myShakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Demetrius

When thou hold'st up thy hand. O, let me kiss
This princess of pure white, this seal of bliss!

In a wedding ceremony, the groom kisses the bride to symbolically seal their blissful marriage.