When they next wake all this derision Shall seem a dream and fruitless vision?
Dreams are the feelings of experiences that have happened and have passed. When Oberon, the King of the Fairies, prepares to undo the spell that made Lysander fall in love with Helena, he explains that, “When they next wake, all this derision/Shall seem a dream and fruitless vision” (III,2,371-2).
How can these things in me seem scorn to you?
How can these things in me seem scorn to you, Bearing the badge of faith, to prove them true? You do advance your cunning more and more. When truth kills truth, O devilish-holy fray!