“ O why rebuke you him that loves you so?Lay breath so bitter on your bitter foe. ”
William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream (1601). copy citation
| Author | William Shakespeare |
|---|---|
| Source | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Topic | love foe treatment |
| Date | 1601 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Written between 1590 and 1597 |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1514/1514-h/1514-h.htm |
Context
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Enter Demetrius and Hermia. OBERON. Stand close. This is the same Athenian.
PUCK. This is the woman, but not this the man.
DEMETRIUS. O why rebuke you him that loves you so? Lay breath so bitter on your bitter foe.
HERMIA. Now I but chide, but I should use thee worse, For thou, I fear, hast given me cause to curse. If thou hast slain Lysander in his sleep, Being o'er shoes in blood, plunge in the deep, And kill me too.” source
Enter Demetrius and Hermia. OBERON. Stand close. This is the same Athenian.
PUCK. This is the woman, but not this the man.
DEMETRIUS. O why rebuke you him that loves you so? Lay breath so bitter on your bitter foe.
HERMIA. Now I but chide, but I should use thee worse, For thou, I fear, hast given me cause to curse. If thou hast slain Lysander in his sleep, Being o'er shoes in blood, plunge in the deep, And kill me too.” source
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