William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

And sleep, that sometimes shuts up sorrow’s eye, Steal me awhile from mine own company.

William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night’s Dream Act 3, Scene 2, lines 464–465 (Helena) first printed 1600

Edition: Folger Shakespeare, ed. Barbara Mowat and Paul Werstine (Folger Shakespeare Library), read online at folger.edu
Read the whole text: https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/a-midsummer-nights-dream/read/3/2/
Rights: Public domain: Shakespeare died in 1616.

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