No Fear Shakespeare: The Merchant Of Venice: Act 5, scene i

Enter LORENZO and JESSICA

LORENZO and JESSICA enter.

	LORENZO
	The moon shines bright. In such a night as this,
	When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees
	And they did make no noise, in such a night
	Troilus methinks mounted the Trojan walls
5	And sighed his soul toward the Grecian tents
	Where Cressid lay that night.

LORENZO

The moon's bright tonight. I think that on a night like this, when the wind blew the trees so gently that they didn't make a sound, Troilus climbed up onto the walls of Troy and sighed for Cressida in the Greek camp.

	JESSICA
	In such a night
	Did Thisbe fearfully o'ertrip the dew
	And saw the lion's shadow ere himself
	And ran dismayed away.

JESSICA

On a night like this, Thisbe saw the lion's shadow and ran away in fear.

	LORENZO
	In such a night
10	Stood Dido with a willow in her hand
	Upon the wild sea banks, and waft her love
	To come again to Carthage.

LORENZO

On a night like this, Dido stood holding a willow branch on the seashore, begging her lover to come back to her in Carthage.

	JESSICA
	In such a night
	Medea gathered the enchanted herbs
	That did renew old Æson.

JESSICA

On a night like this, Medea gathered magic herbs to rejuvenate old Aeson.