...whom he ravished ? And make him with fair JKgle break his faith, With Ariadne, and Antiopa'.'2 Tito. margenl of the sea, To dance our ringlets to the whistling wind, Bui with thy brawls thou hast disturbM...

...whom he ravished ? And make him with fair JEgle break his faith, With Ariadne, and Antiopa ? * Tita. These are the forgeries of jealousy ; And never, since the middle summer's spring,2 Met we on hill, in dale, forest, or mead, By paved fountain, or by rushy brook, Or on the...

...ravished Т And make him with fair .1 '.-!•• break his faith, With Ariadne, and Antiopa ? Titu. These are the forgeries of jealousy : And never, since...or by rushy brook, Or on the beached margent of the аса, To dance our ringlets to the whistling wind, But with thy brawls thou host disturb'd our sport...

...that we were soon to have our eyes gratified by some pageant of the green-garbed elves, ' Who meet on hill, in dale, forest, or mead, By paved fountain,...brook, Or on the beached margent of the sea, To dance their ringlets to the whistling wind — Or on some bank whereon the wild thyme blows, Where cowslips...

...indulgent play of fancy not more for Oberon and Tita the glittering rulers of the elements, who meet " on hill, in dale, forest, or mead, By paved fountain,...brook, Or on the beached margent of the sea, To dance their ringlets to the whistling wind," than for the shrewd and knavish Robin Goodfellow, the lord of...

...into yellow gold his salt-green streams. 7— iii. 2. 138 As free as mountain winds. 1 — i. 2. 139 These are the forgeries of jealousy: And never, since...spring,* Met we on hill, in dale, forest, or mead, 0 Sound. p The flews are the large chaps of a hound. II So marked with small spots. ' Cephalus, the...

...in dew, with glow-worms' hearts, and sucking mites, formed their food ; and at night they assembled On hill, In dale, forest, or mead, By paved fountain, or by rushy brook, Or on the beached margin of tho eea. To dance their ringlets to the whistling wind. They loved to sport in the moon-beams...

...and all that ' bright infantry,' who, in the graceful mythology of the Celts, hold high revel — ' On hill, in dale, forest or mead, By paved fountain or by rushy brook, Or on the beached margin of the sea ' — the Demons of the fire ' who wander in the region near the moon,' the Demons...

...act i. sc. 4. " To dance their ringlete to the whistling wind," was, we are told by Titania, — " your name." This custom, too, is recorded by Shakspeare, as a mode of intr on.the beached margent of the sea," * and the light of the moon was a necessary adjunct to their festivity,...

...whom he ravished ? And make him with fair ^Egle break his faith, With Ariadne, and Antiopa ? 1 Tita. These are the forgeries of jealousy ; And never, since the middle summer's spring,2 Met we on hill, in dale, forest, or mead, By paved fountain, or by rushy brook, Or on the...