Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank!”
- Source
- The Merchant of Venice
- Date
- c. 1596
- Local voice
- Fictional character · Lorenzo
Meaning of “How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank!”
The line turns still moonlight into something almost physical and resting, creating beauty through quietness rather than spectacle.
Where does it come from?
The Merchant of Venice, Act 5, Scene 1; Lorenzo speaks in the moonlit garden at Belmont.
Why the local voice matters
Lorenzo says this in The Merchant of Venice, Act 5, Scene 1, in the moonlit Belmont scene.
