THE TRAGEDY OF ROMEO AND JULIET - 17

by William Shakespeare in English Love Stories

ACT IVSCENE I. Friar Lawrence’s Cell.Enter Friar Lawrence and Paris. FRIAR LAWRENCE.On Thursday, sir? The time is very short. PARIS.My father Capulet will have it so;And I am nothing slow to slack his haste. FRIAR LAWRENCE.You say you do ...Read Moreknow the lady’s mind.Uneven is the course; I like it not. PARIS.Immoderately she weeps for Tybalt’s death,And therefore have I little talk’d of love;For Venus smiles not in a house of tears.Now, sir, her father counts it dangerousThat she do give her sorrow so much sway;And in his wisdom, hastes our marriage,To stop the inundation of her tears,Which, too much Read Less