To wode ayein his minde goth anoon;
The juge dremeth how his plees ben sped;
The carter dremeth, how his cartes goon;
The riche of gold; the knight fight with his foon,
The seke met he drinketh of the tonne;
The lover met he hath his lady wonne.«
Ähnlich hat Shakespeare in der berühmten Stelle von »Romeo and Juliet« das Wirken der »Queen Mab« geschildert:
»And in this state she gallops night by night
Through lovers’ brains and then they dream on love;
O’er courtiers’ knees, that dream on court’sies straight,