Benjamin Britten - "Be Kind and Courteous" (A Midsummer Night's Dream)

Tessan-Maria Lehmussaari - soprano
Recorded 9th June 2020 at the Finnish Church, Stockholm
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TITANIA
Be kind and courteous to this gentleman;
Hop in his walks and gambol in his eyes;
Feed him with apricocks and dewberries,
With purple grapes, green figs, and mulberries;
The honey-bags steal from the humble-bees,
And for night-tapers crop their waxen thighs
And light them at the fiery glow-worm's eyes,
To have my love to bed and to arise;
And pluck the wings from Painted butterflies
To fan the moonbeams from his sleeping eyes:
Nod to him, elves, and do him courtesies.