Titania from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 3, Scene 1, William Shakespeare Out of this wood do not desire to go: Thou shalt remain here, whether thou wilt or no. I am a spirit of no common rate; The summer still doth tend upon my state; And I do love thee: therefore, go with me; I'll give thee fairies to attend on thee, And they shall fetch thee jewels from the deep, And sing while thou on pressed flowers dost sleep; And I will purge thy mortal grossness so That thou shalt like an airy spirit go. William Shakespeare, 1564-1616, poet and playwright, whose biography can be found all over the internet, including here. Image © M. Lynn Johnson, Titania and Oberon M. Lynn Johnson lives in Bellingham, WA, where she spins yarn of many colors and often knits it into stories and illustrations, amusing only herself most of the time. back to fiction archives