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.
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LORENZO
In such a night
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.