unhardened

Full of vexation come I , with complaint
Against my child , my daughter Hermia . —
Stand forth , Demetrius . — My noble lord ,
This man hath my consent to marry her . —
Stand forth , Lysander . — And , my gracious duke ,
This man hath bewitched the bosom of my child . —
Thou , thou , Lysander , thou hast given her rhymes
And interchanged love tokens with my child .
Thou hast by moonlight at her window sung
With feigning voice verses of feigning love
And stol’n the impression of her fantasy
With bracelets of thy hair , rings , gauds , conceits ,
Knacks , trifles , nosegays , sweetmeats — messengers
Of strong prevailment in unhardened youth .
With cunning hast thou filched my daughter’s heart ,
Turned her obedience ( which is due to me )
To stubborn harshness . — And , my gracious duke ,
Be it so she will not here before your Grace
Consent to marry with Demetrius ,
I beg the ancient privilege of Athens :
As she is mine , I may dispose of her ,
Which shall be either to this gentleman
Or to her death , according to our law
Immediately provided in that case .

Dear Palamon , dearer in love than blood
And our prime cousin , yet unhardened in
The crimes of nature , let us leave the city
Thebes , and the temptings in ’t , before we further
Sully our gloss of youth ,
And here to keep in abstinence we shame
As in incontinence ; for not to swim
I’ th’ aid o’ th’ current were almost to sink ,
At least to frustrate striving ; and to follow
The common stream , ’twould bring us to an eddy
Where we should turn or drown ; if labor through ,
Our gain but life and weakness .