Perdita, A4-S4 Flashcards
And you the queen of’t
Oh my gracious love,
Oh my gracious love,
The heir of Bohemia Park,
The heir of Bohemia Park,
you have debased
you have debased
With peasant’s clothes
With peasant’s clothes,
and me,
With peasant’s clothes,
and me,
and me,
a lowly maid
and me,
a lowly maid
a lowly maid
Is dressed up like a goddess.
Is dressed up like a goddess.
Were not our feasts
Were not our feasts
A wild free-for-all
A wild free-for-all
where th’ grazing guests
were th’ grazing guests
Digest it as a custom.
Digest it as a custom,
I would blush
I would blush
To see you so attired
To see you so attired;
and faint,
and faint,
were I
were I
To look into a mirror.
Your mother’s farm.
May Time affirm your joy!
May Time affirm your joy!
In me,
In me,
our difference causes dread;
our difference causes dread;
your priviledge
your privilege
Has not been used to fear,
Has not been used to fear,
but how I tremble
but how I tremble
To think your father
To think your father
by some accident
by some accident
Might pass this way,
Might pass this way,
as you did.
as you did.
Oh, the Fates!
Oh, the Fates!
How would he feel
How would he feel
to see his son and heir
to see his son and heir
Dressed up this way?
Dressed up this way?
What would he say?
What would he say?
Or how
Or how
Should I,
Should I,
in these flamboyant flaunts,
in these flamboyant flaunts,
withstand
withstand
The stemness of his judgement?
burner hotter than our betrothal
Oh, but sir
Oh, but sir
Your resolution cannot hold when it’s
Your resoltion cannot hold when it’s
Opposed,
Opposed,
as it must be,
as it must be,
by your father
by your father.
One of two things
One of two things
will become necessary:
will become necessary:
Either you must
Either you must
forfeit your proposal
forfeit your proposal
Or I my life.
So let the fates conspire
Oh, lady Fortune,
Oh, lady Fortune,
May your love bless us!
And your good flock shall prosper.
Sir, welcome.
Sir, welcome.
It is my mother’s will
It is my mother’s will
that I take on
that I take on
The hostess-ship
The hostess-ship
o’ th’ day,
o’ th’ day,
so welcome,
so welcome,
sir.
sir.
Give me those flowers there,
Give me those flowers there,
Dorcas.
Give me those flowers there,
Dorcas.
Dorcas,
Reverend sirs,
Reverend sirs,
For you,
For you,
here’s rosemary and rue,
here’s rosemary and rue,
these keep
these keep
Their beauty
Their beauty
and their scent
and their scent
all winter long.
all winter long.
May grace
May grace
and remembrance
and remembrance
shine upon you both,
shine upon you both,
And welcome to our shearing.
With flowers of winter.
Sir, the year growing older
Sir, the year growing older
Not yet at summer’s death,
Not yet at summer’s death,
nor at the birth
nor at the birth
Of trembling winter,
Of trembling winter,
the fairest flowers o’ th’ season
the fairest flowers o’ th’ season
Are common daises
Are common daises
and striped carnations,
and striped carnations,
Which some call Nature’s bastards;
Which some call Nature’s bastards;
of that kind
of that kind
Our rustic garden’s barren,
Our rustic garden’s barren,
and I refuse
and I refuse
To plant seeds of them.