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Act 5,
Scene 1
Lines 1-11

Romeo performs a speech from Act 5, Scene 1 of myShakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. 

myShakespeare | Romeo and Juliet 5.1 Performance: Romeo, Lines 1-11

[A street in Mantua. Enter Romeo]

Romeo

If I may trust the flattering truth of sleep,
My dreams presage some joyful news at hand.
My bosom's lord sits lightly in his throne,
And all this day an unaccustomed spirit
Lifts me above the ground with cheerful thoughts.
I dreamt my lady came and found me dead —
Strange dream that gives a dead man leave to think! —
And breathed such life with kisses in my lips,
That I revived, and was an emperor.
Ah me, how sweet is love itself possessed                    
When but love's shadows are so rich in joy!