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Bottom, Theseus, and Hippolyta, Lines 266-284
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Act 5,
Scene 1
Lines 266-284

A performance of lines 266-284 by Bottom, Theseus, and Hippolyta in Act 5, Scene 1 of myShakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

myShakespeare | Midsummer Night's Dream 5.1 Performance: Bottom, Theseus, Hippolyta Lines 266-284

Bottom (as Pyramus)

Sweet moon, I thank thee for thy sunny beams.
I thank thee, moon, for shining now so bright;
For by thy gracious, golden, glittering gleams
I trust to take of truest Thisbe sight.
[Seeing Thisbe's bloody cloak on the ground]
But stay! O spite!
But mark, poor night,
What dreadful dole is here?
Eyes, do you see?
How can it be?
O dainty duck, O dear!
Thy mantle good,
What, stained with blood?
Approach, ye Furies fell.
O Fates, come, come,
Cut thread and thrum,
Quail, crush, conclude, and quell.

Theseus

This passion – and the death of a dear friend –
would go near to make a man look sad.

Hippolyta

Beshrew my heart, but I pity the man.