THESEUS.Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hourDraws on apace; four happy days bring inAnother moon; but oh, methinks, how slowThis old moon wanes She lingers my desires, Like to a step-dame or a dowager, Long withering out a young man's revenue.HIPPOLYTA.Four days will quickly steep themselves in night;Four nights will quickly dream away the time;And then the moon, like to a silver bowNew bent in heaven, shall behold the nightOf our solemnities.THESEUS.Go, Philostrate, Stir up the Athenian youth to merriments;Awake the pert and nimble spirit of mirth;Turn melancholy forth to funerals;The pale companion is not for our pomp. Exit PHILOSTRATE.]Hippolyta, I woo'd thee with my sword, And won thy love doing thee injuries;But I will wed thee in another key, With pomp, with triumph, and with revel
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