...ROMEO. In bed asleep, while they do dream things true. MERCUTIO. O, then, I see Queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies' midwife; and she comes...atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep: Her wagon-spokes made of long spinners' legs; The cover, of the wings of grasshoppers; The traces, of the...

...midwife' inhabits a miniaturized elfland, staffed by insects and fitted out with their body parts: Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners' legs; The cover, of the wings of grasshoppers; Her traces, of the smallest spider's web . . . Her whip, of cricket's bone; the lash, of film; Her...

...Romeo: In bed asleep, while they do dream things true. Mercutio: Oh, then, I see Queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes...atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep; Her wagon-spokes made of long spiders' legs, The cover of the wings of grasshoppers, The traces of the...