The Course of True Love
Ay me! for aught that I could ever read,
Could ever hear by tale or history,
The course of true love never did run smooth.
—A Midsummer Night’s Dream,
Act I, Scene i

Ay me! for aught that I could ever read,
Could ever hear by tale or history,
The course of true love never did run smooth.
—A Midsummer Night’s Dream,
Act I, Scene i

My love shall hear the music of my hounds.
-A Midsummer Night’s Dream,
Act IV, Scene i

To say the truth, reason and love
keep little company together nowadays.
-A Midsummer Night’s Dream,
Act III, Scene i

You see how simple and how fond I am.
–A Midsummer Night’s Dream,
Act III, Scene ii

Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind.
–A Midsummer Night’s Dream,
Act I, Scene i

Sleep thou, and I will wind thee in my arms…
O, how I love thee! How I dote on thee!
––A Midsummer Night’s Dream,
Act IV, Scene i

The summer still doth tend upon my state;
And I do love thee: therefore, go with me.
–A Midsummer Night’s Dream,
Act III, Scene i