Un cerchio delle fate in una delle belle illustrazioni realizzate da Arthur Rackam (1867 -1939) per la seconda scena del secondo atto di “Sogno di una notte di mezza estate” di William Shakespeare (1564-1616).
Act two, Scene two
Another part of the wood
[Enter TITANIA, with her train]
TITANIA.
Come now, a roundel and a fairy song;
Then, for the third part of a minute, hence:
Some to kill cankers in the musk-rose buds;
Some war with rere-mice for their leathern wings,
To make my small elves coats; and some keep back
The clamorous owl that nightly hoots and wonders
At our quaint spirits. Sing me now asleep;
Then to your offices, and let me rest.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream di W. Shakespeare (in inglese)














