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Romeo and Juliet

Act III, Scene 5

Capulet's orchard.
 
[Enter ROMEO and JULIET above, at the window]
 
JULIET
             ,         ,      2    ,     T    T   T
      Wilt thou | be gone?| It is not | yet near day:
          ,          ,       ,         ,          ,
      It was | the night|ingale,| and not | the lark,
              ,            ,       ,       ,          ,
      That pierced | the fear|ful hol|low of | thine^ear,
        ,    2        ,         T   T . T         ,
      Nightly she | sings on | yon pomegra|nate-tree,
          ,          ,        ,          ,       ,
      Believe | me love,| it was | the night|ingale.
 
ROMEO
          ,          ,         ,       ,         ,
      It was | the lark | the her|ald of | the morn:
            ,    .  T     T    T          ,   2      ,
      No* night|ingale: look love | what en|vious streaks
           ,         ,   2       ,         ,        ,
      Do lace | the sev|ering clouds | in yond|er east:
         ,     ,               T    T    .   T       ,
      Night's cand/les are | burnt out, and joc|und day
         T    T  T      2     ,       ,         ,
      Stands tiptoe | on the mis|ty mount|ain tops,
          ,         ,          ,         ,         ,
      I must | be gone | and live,| or stay | and die.
 
JULIET
             ,      .  T   T   T         ,        ,
      Yond^light | is not daylight,| I know | it aye:
                ,   ,    ,       2     ,        ,
      It is / some met|eor | that the sun | exhales,
          ,        ,           ,         ,      ,
      To be | to thee | this night | a torch-|bearer,
            ,           ,        ,        ,    ,
      And light | thee on | thy way | to Man|tua.
             ,      ,                ,      ,            ,
      Therefore | stay yet,| thou needst | not to | be gone.
 
ROMEO
       ,            ,     ,           ,         ,
      Let me | be tane,| let me | be put | to death,
         ,        ,         ,           ,        ,
      I am | content,| so thou | wilt have | it so.
            ,          ,        ,         ,          ,
      I'll say | yon grey | is not | the morn|ing's eye,
            ,          ,     T  T   .  T    2      ,
      'Tis but | the pale | reflex of Cyn|thia's brow.
            ,        ,          ,            ,          ,
      Nor that | is not | the lark | whose notes | do beat
            ,        x          ,       ,          ,
      The vaul|ty heaven | so high | above | our heads,
          ,           ,         ,           ,        ,
      I have | more care | to stay | than will | to go:
              ,          ,         ,  2     ,         ,
      Come* death | and wel|come, Jul|iet wills | it so.
            x          ,            ,             ,   ,
      How is it | my soul,| let's^talk,| it is / not day.
 
JULIET
          ,       ,         ,          ,      ,
      It is,| it is,| hie hence | be gone | away:
          ,         ,           ,         ,         ,
      It is | the lark | that sings | so out | of tune,
        ,           T    T   T        2    ,          ,
      Straining | harsh discords,| and unpleas|ing sharps.
            ,     .    T    T     T        ,    ,
      Some say | the lark makes sweet | divis|ion;
             ,         ,        ,       ,       ,
      This doth | not^so:| for she | divid|eth us.
            ,          ,          ,        ,             ,
      Some say,| the lark | and loath|ed toad | change^eyes,
         ,        ,                   ,     ,       ,
      O now | I would | they had / changed voi|ces too:
             ,          ,           ,           ,       ,
      Since arm | from arm | that voice | doth us | affray,
       ,               ,            ,       ,           ,
      Hunting | thee hence,| with hunt's | up to | the day,
         ,         ,           ,           ,          ,
      O now | be gone,| more light | and light | it grows.
 
ROMEO
             ,           ,            ,          ,          ,
      More light | and light,| more dark | and dark | our woes.
 
[Enter Nurse, to the chamber]
 
NURSE
Madam.
 
JULIET
Nurse.
 
NURSE
            ,      ,    2    ,     3  3       ,       o
      Your la|dy moth|er is com|ing to your chamb|er,
           ,         ,         ,       ,       ,
      The day | is broke,| be wa|ry, look | about.
 
[Exit]
 
JULIET
             ,      ,         ,    .   T    T   T
      Then wind|ow let | day^in,| and let life out.
 
ROMEO
            ,          ,     T    T   .    T        ,
      Farewell,| farewell,| one kiss and I'll | descend.
 
JULIET
       ,           ,         T     T    .    T           ,
      Art thou | gone so?| Love, lord, aye* hus|band, friend,  ??
       2       ,           ,     ,       ,             ,
      I must hear | from thee | every | day in | the hour,
           ,      ,        ,          ,      ,
      For in | a min|ute there | are ma|ny days,
         ,          ,         ,          ,         ,
      O by | this count | I shall | be much | in years,
          ,      ,        ,        ,  3 3
      Ere I | again | behold | my Rom|eo.
 
ROMEO
                                                ,
                                          Farewell:
          ,      ,        ,     ,    ,
      I will | omit | no op|portun|ity,
            ,        ,         ,          ,         ,
      That may | convey | my greet|ings love,| to thee.
 
JULIET
           ,         ,      2       ,      ,       ,
       O think|est thou | we shall ev|er meet | again?
 
ROMEO
          ,         ,         ,            ,            ,
      I doubt | it not,| and all | these woes | shall serve
            ,          ,       ,         ,         ,
      For sweet | discours|es in | our time | to come.
 
JULIET
         ,        ,        ,      ,        ,
      O God!| I have | an ill-|divin|ing soul,
           ,        ,          ,          ,        ,
      Methinks | I see | thee now,| thou art | so low,
          ,      ,            ,       ,       ,
      As one | dead in | the bot|tom of | a tomb,
       ,    2      T   T     T                  ,     ,
      Either my | eyesight fails,| or thou / lookst pale.
 
ROMEO
            ,          ,        ,        ,       ,
      And trust | me love,| in my | eye so | do you:
            ,         ,           ,        ,       ,
      Dry* sor|row drinks | our blood.| Adieu,| adieu.
 
[Exit]
 
JULIET
         ,         ,         ,          ,            x
      O for|tune, for|tune, all | men call | thee fickle,
           ,          ,        ,           ,          ,
      If thou | art fick|le, what | dost thou | with him
        ,    2      ,           ,           ,       ,
      That is re|nowned for | faith? Be | fickle | fortune:
            ,        ,           ,          ,          ,
      For then | I hope | thou wilt | not keep | him long,
            ,          ,
      But send | him back.
 
[Enter LADY CAPULET]
 
LADY CAPULET
                                ,         ,         ,
                           Ho daught|er, are | you up?
 
JULIET
            x            ,       x         ,      ,
      Who is it | that calls?| Is it my | lady | mother.
       ,    2        ,         ,         ,       ,
      Is she not | down so | late, or | up so | early?
        ,   2    ,           ,         ,          ,
      What unac|customed | cause pro|cures her | hither?
 
LADY CAPULET
           ,         ,   2
      Why how | now Jul|iet?
 
JULIET
                             ,      2      ,    ,
                            mad|am I am / not well.
 
LADY CAPULET
       ,          ,       ,          ,          ,
      Ever|more weep|ing for | your cous|in's death?
              ,           ,          ,          ,            ,
      What* wilt | thou wash | him from | his grave | with tears?
           ,           ,              ,            ,          ,
      And if | thou couldst,| thou couldst | not make | him live:
             ,           ,            ,       T     T   .   T
      Therefore | have done,| some* grief | shows much of love,
            ,         ,             ,            ,        ,
      But much | of grief,| shows^still | some want | of wit.
 
JULIET
           ,         ,          ,       ,         ,
      Yet let | me weep,| for such | a feel|ing loss.
 
LADY CAPULET
           ,           ,          ,         ,           ,
      So shall | you feel | the loss,| but not | the friend
             ,      T   T
      Which you | weep for.
 
JULIET
                             T       ,         ,
                           Feel|ing so | the loss,
       ,          ,         ,        ,          __
      Cannot | choose but | ever | weep the | friend.
 
LADY CAPULET
        ,                ,       ,         ,              ,
      Well girl,| thou weepst | not so | much for | his death,
           ,         ,         ,              ,          ,
      As that | the vil|lain lives | which slaugh|tered him.
 
JULIET
            ,         ,     2
      What vil|lain, mad|am?
 
LADY CAPULET
                                   ,     ,         , 2
                            That same | villain | Romeo.
 
JULIET
       ,     2       ,        ,       ,      ,
      Villain and | he, be | many | miles a|sunder:
       T    Tx    T    ,         ,        ___
      God pardon, I | do with | all my | heart:
           ,        ,          ,           ,          ,
      And yet | no man | like^he,| doth grieve | my heart.
 
LADY CAPULET
            ,       ,           ,        ,     oo
      That is | because | the trait|or lives.|
 
JULIET
            ,       ,          ,          ,          ,
      Aye* mad|am from | the reach | of these | my hands:
              ,        ,            ,         ,          ,
      Would none | but I | might* venge | my cous|in's death.
 
LADY CAPULET
           ,           ,         ,          ,          ,
      We will | have venge|ance for | it, fear | thou not.
             ,         ,           ,        ,        ,    2  ->
      Then weep | no more.| I'll send | to one | in Man||tua,
           2         ,   ,         ,     ,           ,
      Where that / same ban|ished run|agate | doth live,
              ,          ,        ,    ,          ,
      Shall give | him such | an un|accust|omed dram,
            ,           ,          ,       ,     ,
      That he | shall soon | keep^Ty|balt comp|any:
            ,        ,           ,        ,      ,
      And then | I hope | thou wilt | be sat|isfied.
 
JULIET
          ,       ,       ,         ,      ,
      Indeed | I nev|er shall | be sat|isfied
            ,   ,        ,       ,           ,
      With Rom|eo,| till I | behold | him. Dead
                ,    ,      ,           ,        ,
      Is my / poor heart | so for | a kins|man vexed:
       ,          ,            ,         ,       ,
      Madam | if you | could find | out but | a man
           ,       ,       ,          ,       ,
      To bear | a pois|on, I | would temp|er it;
            ,  2     ,       ,        ,           ,
      That Rom|eo should | upon | receipt | thereof,
        T    T    .  T      ,       2     ,         ,
      Soon sleep in qui|et. O | how* my heart | abhors   ??
           ,          ,          ,        ,        ,
      To hear | him named,| and can|not come | to him,
           ,           ,        ,        ,      o
      To wreak | the love | I bore | my cous|in,
        ,         ,      ,            ,          ,
      Upon | his bo|dy that | hath slaught|ered him.
 
LADY CAPULET
        T    T   .    T           ,      T    T  .  T
      Find thou the means,| and I'll | find such a man.
           ,           ,          ,       ,         ,
      But now | I'll tell | thee joy|ful tid|ings girl.
 
JULIET
           ,            ,         ,       ,       ,
      And joy | comes well | in such | a nee|dy time,
            ,          ,       ,           ,     ,
      What are | they, I | beseech | your lad|yship?
 
LADY CAPULET
               ,           ,        ,       ,        ,
      Well*, well,| thou hast | a care|ful fath|er child?
       T   T   .  T           ,          ,     ,
      One who to put | thee from | thy heav|iness,
             ,      ,       ,       ,        ,
      Hath sort|ed out | a sud|den day | of joy,
             ,         ,      ,      2       T    T   T
      That thou | expectst | not, nor I | looked not for.
 
JULIET
       ,          ,       ,          ,         ,
      Madam | in hap|py time,| what day | is that?
 
LADY CAPULET
       ,           ,      ,             ,         ,
      Marry | my child,| early | next Thurs|day morn,
           ,          ,          ,      ,      ,
      The gal|lant, young,| and nob|le gent|leman,
            ,      ,             ,    ,          ,
      The count|y Par|is, at / Saint Pet|er's Church,
             ,    2    ,           ,        ,        ,
      Shall hap|pily make | thee there | a joy|ful bride.
 
JULIET
           ,          ,          ,          ,      ,
      Now by | Saint^Pet|er's Church,| and Pet|er too,
           ,           ,         ,        ,        ,
      He shall | not make | me there | a joy|ful bride.
          ,      ,          ,          ,         ,
      I wond|er at | this haste,| that I | must wed
           ,           ,         ,         ,         ,
      Ere he | that should | be hus|band comes | to woo;
          ,          ,         ,         ,        x
      I pray | you tell | my lord | and fath|er madam,
      ,             ,      ,       3    3   ,       ,
      I will | not mar|ry yet,| and when I do,| I swear
           ,         ,  2     ,          ,        ,
      It shall | be Rom|eo, whom | you know | I hate
       ,             ,        ,           ,        ,
      Rather | than Par|is. These | are news | indeed.
 
LADY CAPULET
             ,            ,        ,         ,         ,
      Here comes | your fath|er, tell | him so | yourself,
           ,         ,          ,        ,          ,
      And see | how he | will take | it at | your hands.
 
[Enter CAPULET and Nurse]
 
CAPULET
                  ,    ,         ,           ,       ,
      When the / sun sets,| the air | doth driz|zle dew
       ,             ,   ,           ,          ,
      But for | the sun|set of | my broth|er's son,
       .   T     T   T
      It rains downright.  \\
           ,        ,        ,          ,          ,
      How now?| A cond|uit girl, what still | in tears?
       ,    ,    ,           ,   ,      ,
      Evermore showering in one little body?  ????
             ,        ,         ,       ,        ,
      Thou count|erfeitst | a bark,| a sea,| a wind:
            ,           ,          ,         ,         ,
      For still | thy eyes,| which I | may call | the sea,
          ,          ,           ,           ,         ,    2   ->
      Do ebb | and flow | with tears,| the bark | thy bo||dy is
        ,        2         ,    ,           ,           ,
      Sail|ing in this / salt flood,| the winds | thy sighs,
           ,        ,          ,           ,           ,
      Who rag|ing with | thy tears | and they | with them,
           ,       ,        ,         ,     ,
      Without | a sud|den calm | will ov|erset
           ,        ,       ,      ,           ,
      Thy temp|est-tos|sed bo|dy. How | now* wife?
            ,       ,        ,        ,        ,
      Have you | deliv|ered to | her our | decree?
 
LADY CAPULET
       ,
      Aye sir;
                   ,           ,          ,            ,
              But she | will none,| she gives | you thanks,
          ,           ,          ,        ,         ,
      I would | the fool | were mar|ried to | her grave.
 
CAPULET
        ,              ,           ,         ,          ,
      Soft, take^|me with | you, take | me with | you wife,  ??
       ,                ,          ,          ,          ,
      How, will | she none?| Doth she | not give | us thanks?
          ,          ,           ,          ,           ,
      Is she | not proud?| Doth she | not count | her blessed,
          ,      ,        ,         ,           ,
      Unworth|y as | she is,| that we | have wrought
           ,    2    ,   3    3    ,         ,    ___
      So worth|y a gent|leman, to be | her bride|groom.  ??
 
JULIET
            ,           ,
      Not proud | you have,
                                 ,         ,          ,
                           But thank|ful that | you have:
        ,            ,      ,        ,        ,
      Proud can | I nev|er be | of what | I have,
            ,       ,    2      ,                ,     ,
      But thank|ful ev|en for hate,| that is / meant love.
 
CAPULET
           ,
      How now?
                    ,      ,  ,              ,
               How now?| Choplog/ic? What | is this?
        ,              ,           ,        ,          ,
      Proud, and | I thank | you, and | I thank | you not.
        ,             ,          ,      ,              ,
      Thank me | no thank|ings, nor | proud me | no prouds,
            x             ,       T   .   T     T         ,
      But fettle | your fine | joints against Thurs|day next,
          ,         ,            ,    ,          ,
      To go | with Par|is to / Saint Pe|ter's Church:
         ,          ,      ,     2     ,        ,
      Or I | will drag | thee, on a | hurdle | thither.
       T   .    T     T        ,    2    ,         ,        2->
      Out you green-sick|ness car|rion, out | you bag||gage,
           ,        ,
      You tal|low-face.
 
LADY CAPULET
                             ,          ,         ,
                       Fie* fie,| what are | you mad?
 
JULIET
            ,       ,       ,          ,        ,
      Good fath|er, I | beseech | you on | my knees
        ,             ,          ,         ,         ,
      Hear me | with pa|tience, but | to speak | a word.
 
CAPULET
        ,                ,         ,    ,   2      ,
      Hang thee | young^bag|gage, dis|obed|ient wretch,
          ,           ,     ,      2        ,          ,
      I tell | thee what,| get thee to | church on | Thursday,
          ,      ,       ,        ,         ,
      Or nev|er aft|er look | me in | the face.
        T    T    . T     ,             ,       ,
      Speak not, reply | not, do | not^ans|wer me.
          ,         ,      ,           T      T     .    T
      My fing|ers itch,| wife: we | scarce thought us blessed,
            ,          ,        ,          ,      ,
      That God | had lent | us but | this on|ly child,
           ,       ,          ,        ,          ,
      But now | I see | this one | is one | too much,
            ,         ,        ,         ,       ,
      And that | we have | a curse | in hav|ing her:
           ,         ,
      Out on | her hild|ing.
 
NURSE
                              ,          x       ,
                             God | in heaven | bless her,
       ,             ,          ,         ,         ,
      You are | to blame | my lord | to rate | her so.
 
CAPULET
           ,        ,     ,         ,            ,
      And why | my la|dy wis|dom? Hold | your tongue,
             ,          ,        ,          ,        ,
      Good prud|ence, smat|ter with | your gos|sip, go.
 
NURSE
          ,          ,     
      I speak | no treas|on,
                             ,    ,        , 
                             O | God ye | god-den.
           ,     T    T
      May not | one speak?
 
CAPULET
                              T           ,         ,
                            Peace | you mumb|ling fool,
       ,            ,    2   ,       ,          ,
      Utter | your grav|ity ore | a gos|sip's bowl
            ,         ,        ,
      For here | we need | it not.
 
LADY CAPULET
                                              ,   ,
                                   You are / too hot.
 
CAPULET
        T     T    T      T    T  T    oo
      God's bread, it | makes me mad:|
       T     T      T      T     T     T     __
      Day, night, hour,| tide, time, work,| play,
         ,        ,    2     ,          ,           ,
      Alone | in comp|any, still | my care | hath been
           ,           ,           ,       ,        ,     2->
      To have | her matched,| and hav|ing now | provid||ed
         ,      ,        ,      ,      ,
      A gent|leman | of nob|le par|entage,
           ,       ,         ,       2     ,      ,      ->
      Of fair | demean|or, youth|ful, and nob|ly al||lied,
         ,       ,         ,          ,      2    ,
      Stuffed | as they | say with | honor|able parts,
          ,                ,      ,              ,       ,
      Propor|tioned as / one's thought | would wish | a man,
            ,         ,        ,        ,        ,
      And then | to have | a wretch|ed pul|ing fool,
          ,        x       ,        ,          ,
      A whin|ing mammet,| in her | fortunes | tender,
          ,         ,         ,       ,        ,
      To ans|wer, I'll | not^wed,| I can|not love:
              ,    ,         ,         ,       ,
      I am / too young,| I pray | you pard|on me.
       ,      2        T   T   T           ,      ,
      But, and you | will not wed,| I'll pard|on you.
        ,                 ,          ,           ,           ,
      Graze where | you will,| you shall | not house | with me:
        ,    2       ,     2       ,        ,         ,
      Look to it,| think on it, I do | not use | to jest.
        ,             ,          ,         ,         ,
      Thursday | is near,| lay hand | on heart,| advise,
           ,         ,           ,         ,         ,
      And you | be mine,| I'll give | you to | my friend:
         3   3    ,      T    T      T      ,              ,
      And you be not,| hang, beg, starve,| die in | the streets,   ??
           ,        ,           ,        ,          ,
      For by | my soul,| I'll nere | acknow|ledge thee,
            ,         ,           ,      ,          ,
      Nor what | is mine | shall nev|er do | thee good:
        ,     2         ,            ,         ,        ,
      Trust to it,| bethink | you, I'll | not be | forsworn.
 
[Exit]
 
JULIET
           ,         ,     ,        ,          ,
      Is there | no pi|ty sit|ting in | the clouds,
             ,       ,        ,       ,        ,
      That sees | into | the bot|tom of | my grief?
          ,         ,        ,        ,      ,
      O sweet | my moth|er cast | me not | away,
         ,          ,          ,        ,         ,
      Delay | this mar|riage, for | a month,| a week,
          ,             ,     ,          ,      ,
      Or if | you do / not, make | the brid|al bed
                 ,   ,     ,           ,        ,
      In that / dim mon|ument | where Ty|balt lies.
 
LADY CAPULET
        T   T   .  T         ,     T    T   .   T
      Talk not to me,| for I'll | not speak a word,
       ,             ,        ,          ,           ,
      Do as | thou wilt,| for I | have done | with thee.
 
[Exit]
 
JULIET
         ,
      O God!
                 ,      ,       2        ,      ,
             O nurse,| how shall this | be pre|vented?
          ,        ,        ,          ,           x
      My hus|band is | on earth,| my faith | in heaven,
            ,            ,         ,       ,         ,
      How shall | that faith | return | again | to earth,
          ,          ,         ,        ,           x
      Unless | that hus|band send | it me | from heaven,
          ,         ,      ,         ,    ,
      By leav|ing earth?| Comfort | me, couns/el me:
         ,       ,            x              ,         ,      3  3->
      Alack,| alack,| that heaven | should prac|tice strat||agems*
        ,         ,       ,        ,       ,
      Upon | so soft | a sub|ject as | myself.
             ,             ,          ,        ,        ,
      What sayst | thou? Hast | thou not | a word | of joy?
            ,         ,
      Some com|fort nurse.
 
NURSE
                            T     T   .  T
                          Faith here it is,
      <- , 2         ,          ,     ,          ,         ,
        Romeo || is ban|ished, and | all the | world to | nothing,
          2     ,       T    T    T         ,         ,
      That he dares | nere come back | to chal|lenge you:
          ,       ,        ,           ,         ,
      Or if | he do,| it needs | must be | by stealth.
             ,           ,         ,          ,         ,
      Then since | the case | so stands | as now | it doth,
          ,          ,         ,         ,          ,      ->
      I think | it best | you mar|ried with | the coun||ty,
      ,       2    ,      ,      ,
      O | he's a love|ly gent|leman:
      <- , 2           ,    ,         ,         ,       ,
        Romeo's || a dish|clout to | him: an | eagle,| madam,
            ,         ,          ,          ,        ,
      Hath not | so green,| so quick,| so fair | an eye
          ,       ,        ,         ,      ,
      As Par|is hath.| Beshrew | my ve|ry heart,
          ,        2     ,      ,         ,        ,
      I think | you are hap|py in | this sec|ond match,
           ,       ,           ,      ,   2          ,
      For it | excels | your first:| or if it | did not,
             ,          ,          ,          ,         ,
      Your first | is dead,| or 'twere | as good | he were,
          ,        ,         ,        ,        ,
      As liv|ing here | and you | no use | of him.
 
JULIET
        ,          ,               ,
      Speakest | thou from | thy heart?
 
NURSE
       ,              ,    ___
      And from | my soul | too,   (tri with prev)
           ,        ,           ,
      Or else | beshrew | them both.
 
JULIET
                                       ,
                                     Amen.
 
NURSE
                                            __
                                           What?
 
JULIET
               ,          ,     2    ,    ,            ,
      Well*, thou | hast com|forted me | marvel|lous much,
          ,         ,        ,    ,        ,
      Go in,| and tell | my la|dy I | am gone,
       ,             ,          ,      2    ,           ,
      Having | displeased | my fath|er, to Laur|ence'^cell,
           ,        ,         ,        ,        ,
      To make | confes|sion, and | to be | absolved.
 
NURSE
       ,          ,          ,         ,       ,
      Marry | I will,| and this | is wise|ly done.
 
[Exit]
 
JULIET
       ,            ,       ,          ,        ,
      Ancient | damna|tion, O | most wick|ed fiend!
                ,   ,         ,         ,         ,
      Is it / more sin | to wish | me thus | forsworn,
       ,            ,          ,                  ,     ,
      Or to | dispraise | my lord | with that / same tongue
             ,            ,            ,       ,         ,
      Which she | hath praised | him with | above | compare,
          ,      ,         ,      ,   ,
      So ma|ny thous|and times?| Go couns/ellor,
        ,            ,       ,     ,                ,
      Thou and | my bos|om hence|forth shall | be twain:
             ,        ,     2     ,         ,    ,
      I'll* to | the fri|ar, to know | his rem|edy,
          ,           ,        ,           x         ,
      If all | else fail,| myself | have power | to die.
 
[Exit]

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