...woman madly dote Upon the next live creature that it sees. 1720 Shaks. : Mid. ff. Dream. Act 11. Sc. 2. I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Where ox-lips...woodbine, With sweet musk-roses, and with eglantine. 1721 Shaks. : Mid. N. Dream. Act ii. Sc. 2. The gentle race of flowers Are lying in their lowly beds....

...Oberon, king of the fairies, speaks of the favorite resting place of Titania, queen of the fairies: I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Where oxlips...Quite overcanopied with luscious woodbine, With sweet musk roses, and with eglantine. There sleeps Titania sometime of the night, Lulled in these flowers...

...Oberon, king of the fairies, speaks of the favorite resting place of Titania, queen of the fairies: I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Where oxlips...Quite overcanopied with luscious woodbine, With sweet musk roses, and with eglantine. There sleeps Titania sometime of the night, Lulled in these flowers...

...Puck which will afford him exquisite revenge on disdainful Titania, soars into an aria of wicked joy: I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Where oxlips...musk-roses, and with eglantine. There sleeps Titania sometime of the night, Lull'd in these flowers with dances and delight; And there the snake throws...

...immortal souls, But whilst this muddy vesture of decay Doth grossly close it in, we cannot hear it. 80 I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Where oxlips...musk-roses, and with eglantine. There sleeps Titania sometime of the night, Lulled in these flowers with dances and delight; And there the snake throws...

...there it is. OBERON. I pray thee give it me. (PUCK teases OBERON with the flower then gives it to him.) I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Where oxlips...musk-roses, and with eglantine. There sleeps Titania sometime of the night, Lulled in these flowers with dances and delight And there the snake throws her...

...abundance. This profuse texture is one reason why, on the surface, the play is so good-natured: Oberon. I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Where oxlips...musk-roses, and with eglantine. There sleeps Titania (S 2.1.249-53) On the other hand, even good-natured mischief can be painful, as when Puck frightens...

...describing Titania's bower (the same bower Puck will, in mi, describe as "consecrated" and "close"), says: I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Where oxlips...musk-roses and with eglantine; There sleeps Titania sometime of the night, Lull'd in these flowers with dances and delight; And there the snake throws...

...(Enter Puck) Have you the flower, there? Welcome wanderer. PUCK. Yes, here it is. OBERON. I pray you, give it me. I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,...muskroses and with eglantine. There sleeps Titania sometimes of the night, Lulled in these flowers with dances and delight; And there the snake throws...

...Printed on acid-free, 250-year-life paper Manufactured in the United States of America FOR JESSICA I know a bank where the wild thyme blows Where oxlips...woodbine. With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine . . . Figure I (Frontispiece). Act 3, scene I, of "A Midsummer Night's Dream, " painted by H. Fuseli...