midnight
_ Pyramus appeals to the moon thus : _ `` Sweet moon , I thank thee for thy sunny beams , I thank thee , moon , for shining now so bright , I trust to taste of truest Thisby 's sight ! '' _ Pyramus and Thisby commit suicide , for disappointment in love , in the climax scene , and waking again Bottom wishes to know if the Duke wants any more of the burlesque play . Theseus replies : '' _ Your play needs no excuse ; for when the players are all dead , There need none to be blamed ! _ * * * * * _ The iron tongue of midnight hath told twelve . Lovers to bed ; 't is almost fairy time , I fear we shall outsleep the coming morn , As much as we this night have overwatched . This palpable , gross play hath well beguiled The heavy gait of night -- sweet friends , to bed ; A fortnight hold we this solemnity In nightly revels and new jollity ! '' _ The forest scene is filled with fairies , led by Puck , Oberon and Titania , all fantastically dressed , rehearsing and singing in their mystic revels .