Original: Stylistically , the aria '' I know a bank '' from Britten 's opera A Midsummer Night 's Dream is clearly inspired by Purcell 's aria '' Sweeter than Roses '' , which Purcell originally wrote as part of incidental music to Richard Norton 's Pausanias , the Betrayer of His Country .
Simplified: The aria '' I know a bank '' from Britten 's opera A Midsummer Night 's Dream is inspired by Purcell 's aria '' Sweeter than Roses '' .