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If we shadows have offended, Think but this, and all is mended, That you have but slumber’d here While these visions did appear. And this weak and idle theme, No more yielding but a dream, Gentles, do not reprehend. If you pardon, we will mend. And, as I am an honest Puck, If we have unearnèd luck Now to ’scape the serpent’s tongue, We will make amends ere long; Else the Puck a liar call. So, good night unto you all. Give me your hands, if we be friends, And Robin shall restore amends.
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These are the closing lines of A Midsummer Night's Dream, spoken by Puck straight to the audience. The play was printed in quarto in 1600 and again in the Folio of 1623. The accent printed over one vowel marks a syllable that must be sounded to keep the beat. Project Gutenberg carries the complete works.
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