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Scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream, by John Simmons
Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore

The Gardener: 34

Do not go, my love, without asking my leave.
I have watched all night, and now my eyes are heavy with sleep.
I fear lest I lose you when I am sleeping.
Do not go, my love, without asking my leave.
 
I start up and stretch my hands to touch you.  I ask myself, “Is it a dream?”
Could I but entangle your feet with my heart and hold them fast to my breast!
Do not go, my love, without asking my leave.

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