Star Crossed Lovers
Richard
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Two households, alike in dignity,
A tragedy that ends in agony.
Both met beneath the moonlit night.
Two hearts entwined by fate's cruel jest.
Their spirits soar, forever blest.
Her beauty like the dawn's first light.
The Nurse, she knew of Juliet's hidden plight,
In shadows deep or morning's golden light,
Their love remains, intense, immense.
In love so deep, in death they met,
With whispered vows beneath the starry skies.
Which stirred in Romeo vengeful fire.
To be with Romeo evermore.
He kissed her lips beneath the pallid light,
And drank the draught that ended wrong.
A story told for ages hence.
Juliet woke to find her love was gone,
On Juliet's balcony, their love was sworn,
Did buy a poison, swift and strong.
His lifeless form, her heart did break.
With hope to mend the feud's dark, bitter toll,
From the apothecary's secret store.
Tybalt's wrath did spill dear Mercutio's blood,
She took his dagger, with the coming dawn,
With deadly steel he wrought his mournful flood,
Thus ends the tale of lovers' mournful plight,
A confidante in love's forbidden scheme.
And thus was banished from his heart's desire.
Oh, Romeo, oh Juliet,
Good Friar Lawrence, wise and kindly soul,
A love that fate would later compromise.
Juliet took the potion, cold and deep,
In fair Verona where we lay our scene,
Their future bright, yet filled with feuding's scorn,
She feigned her death, in timeless, death-like sleep,
And stood beside them in their fervent dream.
Yet fate decreed their love's despair.
And with one thrust, her own life she did take.
Star Crossed Lovers
Young Juliet, a Capulet so fair,
She helped the lovers in their secret flight,
A tale of love, forbidden and unseen,
In secret wed the star-crossed pair.
Sweet Romeo, a Montague so rare,
Romeo, hearing of her deathly plight,