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and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name.

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Theseus describes the poet's imagination giving form to what is not yet tangible.

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Source: A Midsummer Night’s Dream , Act V, scene 1

Edition: Project Gutenberg Shakespeare text

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From A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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