If we shadows have offended
Think but this, and all is mended,
That you have but slumber’d here
While these visions did appear.
And this weak and idle theme,
No more yielding but a dream…
Text from Act V of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by William Shakespeare, 1590s.
Photo by Rick Stachura. The Municipal Building and U.S. Courthouse from Gold Street. November 12, 2019.