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Enter FRIAR LAWRENCE and ROMEO
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Enter FRIAR LAWRENCE and ROMEO
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FRIAR LAWRENCE So smile the heavens upon this holy act
That after-hours with sorrow chide us not.
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FRIAR LAWRENCE So smile the heavens upon this holy act
That after-hours with sorrow chide us not.
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ROMEO Amen, amen. But come what sorrow can,
It cannot countervail the exchange of joy
5 That one short minute gives me in her sight.
Do thou but close our hands with holy words,
Then love-devouring death do what he dare;
It is enough I may but call her mine.
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ROMEO Amen, amen. But come what sorrow can,
It cannot countervail the exchange of joy
That one short minute gives me in her sight.
Do thou but close our hands with holy words,
Then love-devouring death do what he dare;
It is enough I may but call her mine.
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FRIAR LAWRENCE These violent delights have violent ends
10 And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,
Which, as they kiss, consume. The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.
Therefore love moderately. Long love doth so.
15 Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
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FRIAR LAWRENCE These violent delights have violent ends
And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,
Which, as they kiss, consume. The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.
Therefore love moderately. Long love doth so.
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
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Enter JULIET , somewhat fast, and embraceth ROMEO
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Enter JULIET , somewhat fast, and embraceth ROMEO
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Here comes the lady. Oh, so light a foot
Will ne'er wear out the everlasting flint.
A lover may bestride the gossamers
That idles in the wanton summer air,
20 And yet not fall. So light is vanity.
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Here comes the lady. Oh, so light a foot
Will ne'er wear out the everlasting flint.
A lover may bestride the gossamers
That idles in the wanton summer air,
And yet not fall. So light is vanity.
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JULIET Good even to my ghostly confessor.
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JULIET Good even to my ghostly confessor.
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FRIAR LAWRENCE Romeo shall thank thee, daughter, for us both.
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FRIAR LAWRENCE Romeo shall thank thee, daughter, for us both.
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JULIET As much to him, else is his thanks too much.
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JULIET As much to him, else is his thanks too much.
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ROMEO Ah, Juliet, if the measure of thy joy
25 Be heaped like mine, and that thy skill be more
To blazon it, then sweeten with thy breath
This neighbor air, and let rich music’s tongue
Unfold the imagined happiness that both
Receive in either by this dear encounter.
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ROMEO Ah, Juliet, if the measure of thy joy
Be heaped like mine, and that thy skill be more
To blazon it, then sweeten with thy breath
This neighbor air, and let rich music’s tongue
Unfold the imagined happiness that both
Receive in either by this dear encounter.
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JULIET 30 Conceit, more rich in matter than in words,
Brags of his substance, not of ornament.
They are but beggars that can count their worth.
But my true love is grown to such excess
I cannot sum up sum of half my wealth.
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JULIET Conceit, more rich in matter than in words,
Brags of his substance, not of ornament.
They are but beggars that can count their worth.
But my true love is grown to such excess
I cannot sum up sum of half my wealth.
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FRIAR LAWRENCE 35 Come, come with me, and we will make short work.
For, by your leaves, you shall not stay alone
Till holy church incorporate two in one.
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FRIAR LAWRENCE Come, come with me, and we will make short work.
For, by your leaves, you shall not stay alone
Till holy church incorporate two in one.
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Exeunt
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Exeunt
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Original Text |
Modern Text |
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Enter FRIAR LAWRENCE and ROMEO
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Enter FRIAR LAWRENCE and ROMEO
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FRIAR LAWRENCE So smile the heavens upon this holy act
That after-hours with sorrow chide us not.
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FRIAR LAWRENCE So smile the heavens upon this holy act
That after-hours with sorrow chide us not.
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ROMEO Amen, amen. But come what sorrow can,
It cannot countervail the exchange of joy
5 That one short minute gives me in her sight.
Do thou but close our hands with holy words,
Then love-devouring death do what he dare;
It is enough I may but call her mine.
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ROMEO Amen, amen. But come what sorrow can,
It cannot countervail the exchange of joy
That one short minute gives me in her sight.
Do thou but close our hands with holy words,
Then love-devouring death do what he dare;
It is enough I may but call her mine.
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FRIAR LAWRENCE These violent delights have violent ends
10 And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,
Which, as they kiss, consume. The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.
Therefore love moderately. Long love doth so.
15 Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
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FRIAR LAWRENCE These violent delights have violent ends
And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,
Which, as they kiss, consume. The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.
Therefore love moderately. Long love doth so.
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
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Enter JULIET , somewhat fast, and embraceth ROMEO
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Enter JULIET , somewhat fast, and embraceth ROMEO
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Here comes the lady. Oh, so light a foot
Will ne'er wear out the everlasting flint.
A lover may bestride the gossamers
That idles in the wanton summer air,
20 And yet not fall. So light is vanity.
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Here comes the lady. Oh, so light a foot
Will ne'er wear out the everlasting flint.
A lover may bestride the gossamers
That idles in the wanton summer air,
And yet not fall. So light is vanity.
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JULIET Good even to my ghostly confessor.
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JULIET Good even to my ghostly confessor.
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FRIAR LAWRENCE Romeo shall thank thee, daughter, for us both.
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FRIAR LAWRENCE Romeo shall thank thee, daughter, for us both.
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JULIET As much to him, else is his thanks too much.
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JULIET As much to him, else is his thanks too much.
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ROMEO Ah, Juliet, if the measure of thy joy
25 Be heaped like mine, and that thy skill be more
To blazon it, then sweeten with thy breath
This neighbor air, and let rich music’s tongue
Unfold the imagined happiness that both
Receive in either by this dear encounter.
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ROMEO Ah, Juliet, if the measure of thy joy
Be heaped like mine, and that thy skill be more
To blazon it, then sweeten with thy breath
This neighbor air, and let rich music’s tongue
Unfold the imagined happiness that both
Receive in either by this dear encounter.
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JULIET 30 Conceit, more rich in matter than in words,
Brags of his substance, not of ornament.
They are but beggars that can count their worth.
But my true love is grown to such excess
I cannot sum up sum of half my wealth.
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JULIET Conceit, more rich in matter than in words,
Brags of his substance, not of ornament.
They are but beggars that can count their worth.
But my true love is grown to such excess
I cannot sum up sum of half my wealth.
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FRIAR LAWRENCE 35 Come, come with me, and we will make short work.
For, by your leaves, you shall not stay alone
Till holy church incorporate two in one.
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FRIAR LAWRENCE Come, come with me, and we will make short work.
For, by your leaves, you shall not stay alone
Till holy church incorporate two in one.
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Exeunt
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Exeunt
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