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Capulet, Lines 20-33
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Act 1,
Scene 2
Lines 20-33

Capulet performs a speech from Act 1, Scene 2 of myShakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. 

myShakespeare | Romeo and Juliet 1.2 Performance: Capulet, Lines 20-33

Capulet

This night I hold an old-accustomed feast,                   
Whereto I have invited many a guest
Such as I love; and you among the store
One more most welcome makes my number more.
At my poor house look to behold this night
Earth-treading stars that make dark heaven light.
Such comfort as do lusty young men feel
When well-apparelled April on the heel
Of limping Winter treads — even such delight
Among fresh fennel buds shall you this night
Inherit at my house. Hear all, all see                           
And like her most whose merit most shall be,
Which on more view, of many, mine being one,
May stand in number, though in reckoning none.