Page 2685 - Shakespeare - Vol. 1
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The villain is much lighter-heel’d than I: [415] Lies down.
I follow’d fast; but faster he did fly, (Sleeps.)
That fallen am I in dark uneven way,
And here will rest me.
Come thou gentle day:
For if but once thou show me thy grey light,
I’ll find Demetrius, and revenge this spite. [420]
Enter Puck and Demetrius.
PUCK
Ho, ho, ho! Coward, why com’st thou not?
They dodge about the stage.
DEMET RIUS
Abide me if thou dar’st, for well I wot
Thou runn’st before me, shifting every place,
And dar’st not stand, nor look me in the face.
Where art thou now?
PUCK
Come hither; I am here. [425]
DEMET RIUS (Lies down.)
(Sleeps.)
Nay, then, thou mock’st me; thou shalt buy this dear
If ever I thy face by daylight see:
Now go thy way. Faintness constraineth me
To measure out my length on this cold bed.
By day’s approach look to be visited. [430]
Enter Helena.
HELENA
O weary night, O long and tedious night,
Abate thy hours! Shine, comforts, from the east,
That I may back to Athens by daylight,
From these that my poor company detest.
