Star Crossed Lovers

Star Crossed Lovers

In fair Verona where we lay ______ scene,
Two households, alike in dignity,
A tale of love, forbidden and unseen,
A tragedy that ends in agony.

Oh, Romeo, oh Juliet,
Two hearts entwined by fate's cruel jest.
In love so deep, in death they met,
Their ______ soar, forever blest.

Young Juliet, a Capulet so fair,
______ beauty like the dawn's first light.
Sweet Romeo, a ______ so rare,
Both met beneath the moonlit night.

On Juliet’s balcony, their love was sworn,
With whispered vows beneath ______ starry skies.
Their future bright, yet filled with feuding's scorn,
A love that fate would later compromise.

Tybalt's wrath ______ spill dear Mercutio's blood,
Which stirred in Romeo vengeful fire.
With deadly steel he wrought his mournful flood,
And ______ was banished from his heart's desire.

The Nurse, she ______ of Juliet’s hidden plight,
A confidante in love’s forbidden scheme.
She helped the lovers in their secret flight,
And ______ beside them in their fervent dream.

Good Friar Lawrence, ______ and kindly soul,
In secret wed the star-crossed pair.
______ hope to mend the feud's dark, bitter toll,
Yet ______ decreed their love's despair.

Juliet took the potion, cold ______ deep,
From the apothecary’s secret store.
She feigned her death, in timeless, death-like sleep,
To be with Romeo evermore.

Romeo, hearing of her deathly plight,
Did buy a poison, ______ and strong.
He kissed her lips beneath the pallid light,
And drank the draught that ended wrong.

Juliet woke ______ find her love was gone,
His lifeless form, her ______ did break.
She took his dagger, with the coming dawn,
And with one thrust, her own life she did take.

Thus ends the tale of lovers' mournful plight,
A ______ told for ages hence.
In shadows deep or morning's ______ light,
Their love remains, intense, immense.