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I am the drudge and toil in your delight, 75
But you shall bear the burthen soon at night.
Go, I'll to dinner. Hie you to the cell.

Juliet. Hie to high fortune! Honest Nurse, farewell.
Exeunt.


[SCENE 5]

Enter Friar and Romeo.

Friar. So smile the Heav'ns upon this holy act
That after-hours with sorrow chide us not!

Romeo. Amen, amen. But come what sorrow can,
It cannot countervail th' exchange of joy

That one short minute gives me in her sight. 5

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.

Friar. These violent delights have violent ends,

And in their triumph die like fire and powder, 10
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. 15

Enter Juliet ⊲somewhat fast and embraceth Romeo⊳ .

Here comes the lady. O, 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,

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76 soon at night this very night. 3 what whatever. 4 countervail
counterbalance. 13 confounds destroys. 18 gossamers spiders'
threads floating on the wind. 19 wanton sportive.

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Publication Information: Book Title: The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Contributors: Richard Hosley - editor, William Shakespeare - author. Publisher: Yale University Press. Place of Publication: New Haven, CT. Publication Year: 1954. Page Number: 59.
    
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