Eub. Then let us watch my daughter, for I fear
The flight she made was for some other end
Than for retirement, which she does pretend.
Cle. Henceforth I shall obey her as my princess,
And love her as my sister, not my mistress.
Eub. You shall do well: come, let us to the king.
SCENA III.
Hylas, Mirtillus, Chorus of shepherds and shepherdesses, representing Paris, [OE]none, Venus, and the Graces.
Hyl. It was my dream, and I will send it to her;
Though I myself by her too cruel sentence
Must never see her face.
Mir. What paper's that?
Love verses, as I live! What's here? a dream!
Nay, I will read 'em: therefore stand aside.
Mirtillus reads.
Sleep, thou becalmer of a troubled sprite,
Which lead'st my fancy to that sweet delight
Wherein my soul found rest when thou didst show
Her shadow mine whose substance is not so,
Wrap up mine eyes in an eternal night:
For since my day springs only from that light,
Which she denies me, I account the best
Part of my life is that which gives me rest.
And thou, more hard to be entreated than
Sleep to the heated eyes of frantic men;
That thou canst make my joys essential
Which are but shadows now, be liberal,
And outdo sleep; let me not dream in vain,
Unless thou mean'st I ne'er shall sleep again.