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Come not near our fairy queen.

[Cho.]

Philomele, with melody,

Sing in our sweet lullaby,

Lulla, lulla, lullaby, lulla, lulla, lullaby.

Never harm,

Nor spell, nor charm,

Come our lovely lady nigh.

So good night, with lullaby.

1. Fairy.

Weaving spiders, come not here;

Hence, you long-legg’d spinners, hence!

Beetles black, approach not near;

Worm nor snail, do no offense.

[Cho.]

Philomele, with melody, etc.

2. Fairy.

Hence, away! now all is well.

One aloof stand sentinel.

[Exeunt Fairies. Titania sleeps.]

Enter Oberon [and squeezes the flower on Titania’s eyelids].

Obe.

What thou seest when thou dost wake,

Do it for thy true-love take;

Love and languish for his sake.

Be it ounce, or cat, or bear,

Pard, or boar with bristled hair,

In thy eye that shall appear

When thou wak’st, it is thy dear:

Wake when some vile thing is near.

[Exit.]

Enter Lysander and Hermia.

Lys.

Fair love, you faint with wand’ring in the wood;

And to speak troth I have forgot our way.

We’ll rest us, Hermia, if you think it good,