Romeo Ah, Juliet, if the measure of thy joy Be heaped like mine and that thy skill be more To blazon it, then sweeten with thy breath This neighbor air, and let rich music's tongue Unfold the imagined happiness that both Receive in either by this dear encounter. Read more about Act 2, Scene 6: Popup Note Index Item: "measure"
Friar Laurence These violent delights have violent ends And in their triumph die like fire and powder, 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. Read more about Act 2, Scene 6: Popup Note Index Item: "Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow"
Friar Laurence These violent delights have violent ends And in their triumph die like fire and powder, 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. Read more about Act 2, Scene 6: Popup Note Index Item: "love moderately; long love doth so"
Nurse Hie you to church; I must another way, To fetch a ladder, by the which your love Must climb a bird's nest soon when it is dark. I am the drudge and toil in your delight, But you shall bear the burden soon at night. Go; I'll to dinner. Hie you to the cell. Read more about Act 2, Scene 5: Popup Note Index Item: "bear the burden"
Nurse Then hie you hence to Friar Laurence' cell; There stays a husband to make you a wife. Now comes the wanton blood up in your cheeks, They'll be in scarlet straight at any news. Hie you to church; I must another way, To fetch a ladder, by the which your love Must climb a bird's nest soon when it is dark. Read more about Act 2, Scene 5: Popup Note Index Item: "wanton"
