Star Crossed Lovers
Richard
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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.