Shakespeare's Christmas gift to Queen Bess in the year 1596 . England, all this out-door woodlandlife, the clowns play and the clowns [themselves Gift to Queen Befs 2Q themfelves,—Bottom with his inimitableconceit, and his fellows. Snug, ^ince, andthe reji. Englijh is all Pucks fairy lore,the cowjlips tall, the red-hipt humble-bee,Oberons bank, the panfy love-in-idlenefs,and all the lovely imagery of the verfe.Englifh is the whole fcenic background,and the Wood near Athens is plainlythe Stratford boys idealifed memory of theWeir Brake that he knows fo well. Mayhap, in very truth, on fome mi(^-
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Shakespeare's Christmas gift to Queen Bess in the year 1596 . England, all this out-door woodlandlife, the clowns play and the clowns [themselves Gift to Queen Befs 2Q themfelves, —Bottom with his inimitableconceit, and his fellows. Snug, ^ince, andthe reji. Englijh is all Pucks fairy lore, the cowjlips tall, the red-hipt humble-bee, Oberons bank, the panfy love-in-idlenefs, and all the lovely imagery of the verfe.Englifh is the whole fcenic background, and the Wood near Athens is plainlythe Stratford boys idealifed memory of theWeir Brake that he knows fo well. Mayhap, in very truth, on fome mi(^- [summer JO Shakefpeares Chriftmas fummer night the young poet, even then ofimagination all compaB did indeeddream a dream or fee a vifon like untothis, bringing it from Stratford to Londonpartly written, but foregoing its completionfor labour that would find readier accept-ance at the theatre. However that may be, certain it is thatthis is a red-letter night at the Mermaid.The genius of gentle Will has taken anew point of departure and fhines as it [has. Garden View of Shakefpeares Birtliplace, StratfordAn odorous chaplet of fweel fiumner buds.