...poet avails himself of Mab's appropriate province, by giving her this nocturnal agency. — T. WABTOK. On the fore-finger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies1 Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep : Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners' legs ; The...

...exercise of pure Fancy, as contradistinguished from Imagination. " O, then, I see, Queen Mab has been with you. She is the fairies' midwife ; and she comes...little atomies, Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep ; The cover, of the wings of grasshoppers ; The traces, of the smallest spider's web ; The collars,...

...the fairy queen, in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, is a busy midwife : ". . . Queen Mab hath been with you. She is the Fairies' midwife; and she comes...little atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep." — Act I, scene 4. pine and scrubby oak formed a singularly pleasing contrast to the lofty and majestic...

...The Fairy's Barque, c. 1860 Oil, 10V.«12'Am Private collflcJiart O then, I see Queen AAob hath been with you She is the fairies' midwife; and she comes. In shape no bigger than on ogate-stone On the forefinger of an olderman, Drown with a team of little atomies, > Over men's...

...ROMEO. In bed asleep, while they do dream things true. MERCUTIO. O, then, I see Queen Mab hath been tives home to Rome, Whose ransoms did the general...ambitious? When that the poor have cried, Caesar Unte atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep: Her wagon-spokes made of long spinners' legs;...

...then, I see, Queen Mab hath been with yon. She . . . conies in shape no biyger than an agatestone. Drawn with a team of little atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep: Her waggon spokes made of long spinners' legs; The cover, of the wings of grasshoppers; Her traces, of...

...yours? MERCUTIO. That dreamers often lie. ROMEO. In bed asleep, while they do dream things true. 27 She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes In shape...of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies Over men's noses as they lie asleep; And in this state she gallops night by night Through lovers' brains,...

...bed asleep, while they do dream things true." Mercutio continues with the famous Queen Mab speech. She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate stone On the forefinger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies alomy—a tiny being...

...performs the following speech as if she were addressing young children.) I see Queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies' midwife and she comes...waggon-spokes made of long spinners' legs; The cover, the wings of grasshoppers; The traces, of the smallest spider's web; The collars, of the moonshine's...

...lie. ROMEO In bed asleep, while they do dream things true. MERCUTIO O, then I see Queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate stone On the forefinger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies Over men's noses...