Ромео и Джульетта

           O,whatabeastwasItochideathim!

           NurseWillyouspeakwellofhimthatkill’dyourcousin?

           JulietShallIspeakillofhimthatismyhusband?

           Ah,poormylord,whattongueshallsmooththyname,

           WhenI,thythree-hourswife,havemangledit?

           But,wherefore,villain,didstthoukillmycousin?

           Thatvillaincousinwouldhavekill’dmyhusband:

           Back,foolishtears,backtoyournativespring;

           Yourtributarydropsbelongtowoe,

           Whichyou,mistaking,offeruptojoy.

           Myhusbandlives,thatTybaltwouldhaveslain;

           AndTybalt’sdead,thatwouldhaveslainmyhusband:

           Allthisiscomfort;whereforeweepIthen?

           Somewordtherewas,worserthanTybalt’sdeath,

           Thatmurder’dme:Iwouldforgetitfain;

           But,O,itpressestomymemory,

           Likedamnedguiltydeedstosinners’minds:

           ‘Tybaltisdead,andRomeo—banished;’

           That‘banished,’thatoneword‘banished,’

           HathslaintenthousandTybalts.