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Montague, Lines 126-137
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Act 1,
Scene 1
Lines 126-137

Montague performs a speech from Act 1, Scene 1 of myShakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. 

myShakespeare | Romeo and Juliet 1.1 Performance: Montague, Lines 126-137

Montague

Many a morning hath he there been seen,
With tears augmenting the fresh morning's dew,
Adding to clouds more clouds with his deep sighs.
But all so soon as the all-cheering sun
Should in the furthest east begin to draw
The shady curtains from Aurora's bed,
Away from the light steals home my heavy son,
And private in his chamber pens himself,
Shuts up his windows, locks fair daylight out
And makes himself an artificial night.
Black and portentous must this humor prove,
Unless good counsel may the cause remove.