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| Joseph Noel Paton, The Quarrel of Oberon and Titania (detail) |
Think but
this, and all is mended,
That you
have but slumbered here
While these
visions did appear.
And this
weak and idle theme,
No more
yielding but a dream,
Gentles, do
not reprehend:
If you
pardon, we will mend:
And, as I
am an honest Puck,
If we have
unearned luck
Now to
'scape the serpent's tongue,
We will
make amends ere long;
Else the
Puck a liar call;
So, good
night unto you all.
Give me
your hands, if we be friends,
And Robin
shall restore amends.”
Οι τελευταίες γραμμές από τον επίλογο του έργου, όπου τονίζεται
στους θεατές/ αναγνώστες, από το «ξωτικό» (Robin), η ονειρική φύση των πραγμάτων
που έχουν δει/ διαβάσει.
