Posted by Jennie Spencer on June 26, 1998 at 07:16:53:
If we shadows have offended,
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 unearn-ed 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.
(the Great Bard himself, Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Puck's Soliloquy)