No Fear Shakespeare
The Tempest
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Act 4, Scene 1, Page 4
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Which spongy April at thy hest betrims
To make cold nymphs chaste crowns; and thy broom groves,
Whose shadow the dismissèd bachelor loves,
Being lass-lorn; thy pole-clipped vineyard;
And thy sea-marge, sterile and rocky hard,
Where thou thyself dost air—the Queen o'
th' Sky,
Whose watery arch and messenger am I,
Bids thee leave these, and with her sovereign grace,
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sheep nibble, the furrows that April covers with flowers for
nymphs to make crowns with. You must leave the groves where the
disappointed bachelor lurks, rejected by his love, and the
well-pruned vineyards, and the rocky seashore.
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JUNO descends above |
JUNO enters above the stage and slowly
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Here on this grass plot, in this very place,
To come and sport. Her peacocks fly amain.
Approach, rich Ceres, her to entertain.
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You must leave these places and hurry here to this grassy spot, to
entertain Juno.
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Enter CERES
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CERES enters. |
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CERES
Hail, many-colored messenger, that ne'er
Dost disobey the wife of Jupiter;
Who with thy saffron wings upon my flowers
Diffusest honey drops, refreshing showers;
And with each end of thy blue bow dost crown
My bosky acres and my unshrubbed down,
Rich scarf to my proud earth. Why hath thy queen
Summoned me hither to this short-grassed green?
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CERES
Greetings to you, rainbow messenger, who never disobeys Juno, wife
of Jupiter; with your golden wings you sprinkle dewdrops and
refreshing showers on my flowers, and arch your colored bow over my
wooded fields and grassy meadows, like a beautiful scarf to decorate
my earth. Why has your queen, Juno, called me here to this grassy
spot?
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IRIS
A contract of true love to celebrate,
And some donation freely to estate
On the blessed lovers.
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IRIS
To celebrate a marriage of true love, and give a gift to the
lovers.
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CERES
Tell
me, heavenly bow,
If Venus or her son, as thou dost know,
Do now attend the queen? Since they did plot
The means that dusky Dis my daughter got,
Her and her blind boy’s scandaled company
I have forsworn.
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CERES
Tell me, rainbow, do you know if either Venus, the goddess of
love, or her son, Cupid, is accompanying Queen Juno? Ever since
Venus and her blind son plotted a way for the god of the underworld
to steal my daughter away for half the year, I swore I’d
never speak to them again.
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