It is not night when I do see your face, Therefore I think I am not in the night; Nor doth this wood lack worlds of company, For you, in my respect, are all the world.
ATTRIBUTION:
William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Helena, in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, act 2, sc. 1, l. 221-4.
Helena’s infatuation with Demetrius; “in my respect” means esteem.
