Mythology & Folklore

Song: Nor Yet, Nor Yet, O You in This Night Blest

by Ben Jonson 1572-1637

From Oberon, the Fairy Prince

Mythology & Folklore

1 Faie. Nor yet, nor yet, O you in this night blest,
Must you have will, or hope to rest.
2 Faie. If you use the smallest stay,
You'll be overtaken by day.
1 Faie. And these beauties will suspect
That their forms you do neglect,
If you do not call them forth.
2 Faie. Or that you have no more worth
Than the coarse and country Fairy,
That doth haunt the hearth, or dairy.

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Sung by the Fairies in turn.

MLA

Jonson, Ben. “Song: Nor Yet, Nor Yet, O You in This Night Blest.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/286/.

Chicago

Jonson, Ben. “Song: Nor Yet, Nor Yet, O You in This Night Blest.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/286/.

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