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Romeo and Juliet

Act II, Scene 6

Friar Laurence's cell.
 
[Enter FRIAR LAURENCE and ROMEO]
 
FRIAR LAURENCE
           ,            x        ,          ,     ,
      So smile | the heavens | upon | this ho|ly act,
            ,       ,           ,        ,         ,
      That aft|er hours,| with sor|row chide | us not.
 
ROMEO
        ,      ,          ,          ,       ,
      Amen,| amen,| but come | what sor|row can,
          ,        ,       ,       2     ,         ,
      It can|not count|ervail | the exchange | of joy
            ,      T     Tx     T         ,         ,
      That one | short minute gives | me in | her sight:
           ,          ,           ,           ,      ,
      Do thou | but close | our hands | with ho|ly words,
             ,       ,        ,          ,         ,
      Then love-|devour|ing death | do what | he dare,
          ,      ,        ,          ,          ,
      It is | enough,| I may | but call | her mine.
 
FRIAR LAURENCE
             ,    ,         ,           ,   2     ,
      These vi|olent | delights | have vi|olent^ends,
       ,    2         ,         ,           ,         ,
      And in their | triumph:| die like | fire and | powder;
        ,     2         ,        ,           ,         ,
      Which as they | kiss con|sume. The | sweetest | honey
           ,         ,        ,       ,        ,
      Is loath|some in | his own | deli|ciousness,
           ,         ,           ,          ,     ,
      And in | the taste | confounds | the ap|petite.
        ,           ,   ,    2              ,          ,
      Therefore | love mod/erately,| long^love | doth^so,  ??
             ,         ,         ,           ,    ,
      Too* swift | arrives | as tar|dy as / too slow.
 
[Enter JULIET]
             ,          ,      ,        ,         ,
      Here comes | the la|dy. Oh | so light | a foot
             ,          ,         ,    ,         ,
      Will nere | wear out | the ev|erlast|ing flint,
         ,      ,         ,          ,     ,
      A lov|er may | bestride | the gos|samer,
            ,      ,        ,       ,       ,
      That id|les in | the want|on sum|mer air,
       .   T   T    T         ,        ,    ,
      And yet not fall,| so light| is van|ity.
 
JULIET
        ,   ,              ,          ,
      Good ev/en to | my ghost|ly confes|sor.
 
FRIAR LAURENCE
      <- ,    ,           ,            ,        ,         ,
        Ro||meo | shall thank | thee daught|er for | us both.
 
JULIET
           ,        ,      ,              ,           ,
      As much | to him,| else in | his thanks | too much.
 
ROMEO
          ,    ,     2     ,        ,        ,
      Ah Jul|iet,| if the meas|ure of | thy joy
            ,       T    T    .    T          ,          ,
      Be heaped | like mine, and that | thy skill | be more
           ,      ,          ,        ,           ,
      To blaz|on it,| then sweet|en with | thy breath
             ,        ,                ,   ,          ,
      This neigh|bor air,| and let / rich mus|ic's tongue,
          ,       2  ,        ,      ,           ,
      Unfold | the imag|ined hap|piness | that both
          ,          ,       ,          ,        ,      2->
      Receive | in eith|er, by | this dear | encoun||ter.
 
JULIET
           ,           ,        ,        ,         ,
      Conceit | more^rich | in mat|ter than | in words,
        ,             ,           ,        ,     ,
      Brags of | his sub|stance, not | of orn|ament:
            ,         ,         ,          ,             ,
      They are | but beg|gars that | can count | their worth,
                 ,    ,         ,          ,        ,
      But my / true love | is grown | to such | excess,
         ,       ,        ,         ,          ,
      I can|not sum | up sum | of half | my wealth.
 
FRIAR LAURENCE
        ,     ,                               ,    ,     ,
      Come, come / with me,| and we will // make short work,
           ,           ,           ,           ,       ,
      For by | your leaves,| you shall | not stay | alone,
            ,       ,        ,    2     ,        ,
      Till ho|ly church | incorp|orate two | in one.
 
[Exeunt]

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