SC II
ROMEO AND JULIET
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And make her airy tongue[C 1] more hoarse than mine, |
| Rom. | It is my soul[C 5] that calls upon my name: How silver-sweet sound lovers' tongues by night, 165 Like softest music to attending ears! |
| Jul. | Romeo! |
| Rom. | My dear?[C 6] |
| Jul. | At what[C 7] o'clock to-morrow Shall I send to thee? |
| Rom. | By[C 8] the hour of nine. |
| Jul. | I will not fail; 'tis twenty years[C 9] till then. I have forgot why I did call thee back. 170 |
| Rom. | Let me stand here till thou remember it. |
| Jul. | I shall forget, to[C 10] have thee still stand there, Remembering how I love thy company. |
| Rom. | And I'll still stay, to have thee still forget, Forgetting any other home but this. 175 |
| Jul. | 'Tis almost morning; I would have thee gone; And yet no further[C 11] than a wanton's bird, Who lets it hop a little from her[C 12] hand, Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves, And with a silk thread plucks it back again,[C 13] 180 |
- ↑ 162. tongue] Q, F; voice Q 1.
- ↑ 162, 163. than mine, With] Q 5; then myne With Q 4; then With Q, F.
- ↑ 163. Romeo's name] Q 1; Romeo Q, F.
- ↑ 163, 164.] Cambridge editors insert Romeo! (from Q 1) between these lines.
- ↑ 164. soul] Q, F; love, Qq 4, 5.
- ↑ 167. My dear?] Qq 4, 5 (without?); Madame Q 1; My Neece Q, F; My sweet, Ff 2–4 and many editors;
- ↑ At what] Q 1; What Q, F.
- ↑ 168. By] Q, F; At Q 1 and several editors.
- ↑ 169. years] F, yeare Q.
- ↑ 172. forget, to] Qq 3, 4, F; forget to Q and several editors.
- ↑ 177. further] F, farther Q.
- ↑ 178. Who … her] Q 1; That … his Q, F.
- ↑ 180. silk … again] Pope; so Q 1, reading puls for plucks; Q, F have silken and plucks, and so Ff 2–4, omitting back.
in Par. Lost, B. i. 542, we have "tore hell's concave," and in Comus, 208, "airy tongues that syllable men's names."
