shakespeare Flashcards
1st line
Set your heart at rest;
Set your heart at rest..
The fairyland buys not the child of me.
The fairyland buys not the child of me…
His mother was a votaress of my order,
His mother was a votaress of my order…
And in the spiced Indian air, by night,
And in the spiced Indian air, by night…
Full often hath she gossiped by my side;
Full often hath she gossiped by my side…
And sat with me on Neptune’s yellow sands,
And sat with me on Neptune’s yellow sands…
Marking the embarked traders on the flood;
Marking the embarked trades on the flood…
When we have laughed to see the sails conceive,
When we have laughed to see the sails conceive…
And grow big-belled with the wanton wind;
And grow big-bellied with the wanton wind…
Which she with pretty and with swimming gait
Which she with pretty and with swimming gait…
Following, her womb then rich with my young squire,
Following, her womb then rich with my young squire…
Would imitate, and sail upon the land
Would imitate, and sail upon the land…
To fetch me trifles, and return again,
To fetch me trifles, and return again…
As from a voyage, rich with merchandise.
As from a voyage, rich with merchandise…
But she, being mortal, of that boy did die:
