The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 7 of 9]Shakespeare, William
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The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 7 of 9]
Shakespeare, William
English drama
[_Descends._[1053]
_Jul._ Art thou gone so? my lord, my love, my friend![1054]
I must hear from thee every day in the hour,[1055]
For in a minute there are many days: 45
O, by this count I shall be much in years
Ere I again behold my Romeo!
_Rom._ Farewell![1056]
I will omit no opportunity[1056]
That may convey my greetings, love, to thee. 50
_Jul._ O, think'st thou we shall ever meet again?[1057]
_Rom._ I doubt it not; and all these woes shall serve
For sweet discourses in our time to come.[1058]
_Jul._ O God! I have an ill-divining soul.[1059]
Methinks I see thee, now thou art below,[1060] 55
As one dead in the bottom of a tomb:[1061]
Either my eyesight fails or thou look'st pale.[1062]
_Rom._ And trust me, love, in my eye so do you:[1063]
Dry sorrow drinks our blood. Adieu, adieu![1064] [_Exit._
_Jul._ O fortune, fortune! all men call thee fickle:[1065] 60
If thou art fickle, what dost thou with him
That is renown'd for faith? Be fickle, fortune;[1066]
For then, I hope, thou wilt not keep him long,
But send him back.[1067]
_La. Cap._ [_Within_] Ho, daughter! are you up?
_Jul._ Who is't that calls? it is my lady mother![1068] 65
Is she not down so late, or up so early?[1069]
What unaccustom'd cause procures her hither?[1070]
_Enter_ LADY CAPULET.[1071]
_La. Cap._ Why, how now, Juliet![1072]
_Jul._ Madam, I am not well.
_La. Cap._ Evermore weeping for your cousin's death?
What, wilt thou wash him from his grave with tears? 70
An if thou couldst, thou couldst not make him live;[1073][1074]
Therefore have done: some grief shows much of love.[1073]
But much of grief shows still some want of wit.[1073]
_Jul._ Yet let me weep for such a feeling loss.
_La. Cap._ So shall you feel the loss, but not the
friend[1075][1076] 75
Which you weep for.[1076]
_Jul._ Feeling so the loss,[1076]
I cannot choose but ever weep the friend.[1076][1077]
_La. Cap._ Well, girl, thou weep'st not so much for his death
As that the villain lives which slaughter'd him.[1078]
_Jul._ What villain, madam?
_La. Cap._ That same villain, Romeo.[1079] 80
_Jul._ [_Aside_] Villain and he be many miles asunder.[1080]
God pardon him! I do, with all my heart;[1081][1082]
And yet no man like he doth grieve my heart.[1081]
_La. Cap._ That is because the traitor murderer lives.[1081][1083]
_Jul._ Ay, madam, from the reach of these my hands:[1081] 85
Would none but I might venge my cousin's death![1081]
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