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"O then, I see"

William Shakespeare

First published 1920
Type Poem

Mercutio describes Queen Mab, the fairies' midwife. The description is fantastical, but as he says "I talk of dreams; Which are the children of an idle brain; Begot of nothing but vain fantasy", hence we do not view this as genre. Full text can be found at <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="http://www.shakespeare-navigators.com/romeo/T14.html">Shakespeare Navigator</a>, lines 53-91.

Extract from Romeo & Juliet, Act 1 Scene 4.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1920 Cover The Book of Fairy Poetry Longmans, Green and Co. Anthology 149