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Night's Dream, IV. i  And rock the ground whereon these sleepers be. Now thou and I are new in amity, And will to-morrow midnight solemnly Dance in Duke Theseus' house triumphantly, And bless it to all fair prosperity. There shall the pairs of faithful lovers be Wedded, with Theseus, all in jollity.

Puck. Fairy king, attend, and mark: I do hear the morning lark.

Obe. Then, my queen, in silence sad, Trip we after the night's shade; We the globe can compass soon, Swifter than the wandering moon.

Tita. Come, my lord; and in our flight Tell me how it came this night That I sleeping here was found With these mortals on the ground.

Sleepers lie still. Exeunt [Fairies]. Wind Horns.

Enter Theseus, Hippolyta, Egeus, and all his train.

The. Go, one of you, find out the forester; For now our observation is perform'd; And since we have the vaward of the day, My love shall hear the music of my hounds. Uncouple in the western valley; let them go: Dispatch, I say, and find the forester. We will, fair queen, up to the mountain's top, And mark the musical confusion Of hounds and echo in conjunction.

Hip. I was with Hercules and Cadmus once, When in a wood of Crete they bay'd the bear With hounds of Sparta: never did I hear  95 triumphantly: festively 108 S. d. Wind: blow 110 observation: observance of the rites of May Day 111 vaward: early part 113 Uncouple: unleash them 114 Dispatch: make haste 119 bay'd: brought to bay 