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.
Dem. 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 me428
To measure out my length on this cold bed:
By day's approach look to be visited.
[Lies down and sleeps.]
Enter Helena.
Hel. O weary night! O long and tedious night,
Abate thy hours! shine, comforts, from the east!432
That I may back to Athens by daylight,
From these that my poor company detest:
And sleep, that sometimes shuts up sorrow's eye,
Steal me awhile from mine own company.436
Sleep.
Puck. Yet but three? Come one more;
Puck. Two of both kinds make up four.
Puck. Here she comes, curst and sad:
Puck. Cupid is a knavish lad,440
Puck. Thus to make poor females mad.
Enter Hermia.
Her. Never so weary, never so in woe,
Bedabbled with the dew and torn with briers,
I can no further crawl, no further go;444
My legs can keep no pace with my desires.
Here will I rest me till the break of day.
432 Abate: shorten
