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If I may trust the flattering truth of sleep, |
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My dreams presage some joyful news at hand. |
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My bosom's lord sits lightly in his throne, |
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And all this day an unaccustomed spirit |
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Lifts me above the ground with cheerful thoughts. |
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I dreamt my lady came and found me dead— |
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Strange dream, that gives a dead man leave to think— |
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And breathed such life with kisses in my lips |
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That I revived and was an emperor. |
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Ah me! How sweet is love itself possessed |
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When but love's shadows are so rich in joy! |
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If I can trust my dreams, then some joyful news is coming soon.
Love rules my heart, and all day long a strange feeling has been
making me cheerful. I had a dream that my lady came and found me
dead. It's a strange dream that lets a dead man think! She
came and brought me back to life by kissing my lips. I rose from the
dead and was an emperor. Oh my! How sweet it it would be to actually
have the woman I love, when merely thinking about love makes me so
happy. |
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| Enter ROMEO's man
BALTHASAR |
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| ROMEO's servant
BALTHASAR enters. |
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News from Verona!—How now, Balthasar? |
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Dost thou not bring me letters from the friar? |
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How doth my lady? Is my father well? |
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How fares my Juliet? That I ask again, |
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For nothing can be ill if she be well. |
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Do you have news from Verona!—What is it, Balthasar?
Do you bring me a letter from the friar? How is my wife? Is my
father well? How is my Juliet? I ask that again because nothing can
be wrong if she is well. |
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Then she is well, and nothing can be ill. |
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Her body sleeps in Capels' monument, |
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And her immortal part with angels lives. |
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I saw her laid low in her kindred's vault |
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And presently took post to tell it you. |
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O, pardon me for bringing these ill news, |
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Since you did leave it for my office, sir. |
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Then she is well, and nothing is wrong. Her body sleeps in the
Capulet tomb, and her immortal soul lives with the angels in heaven.
I saw her buried in her family's tomb, and then I came here
to tell you the news. Oh, pardon me for bringing this bad news, but
you told me it was my job, sir. |
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