Act II: Romeo and Juliet
From Romeo and Juliet: Act 1 Scene 3
Lady Capulet
What say you? Can you love the gentleman? This night you shall behold him at our feast. Read o’er the volume of young Paris’ face, And find delight writ there with beauty’s pen. Examine every married lineament And see how one another lends content, And what obscured in this fair volume lies Find written in the margent of his eyes. This precious book of love, this unbound lover, To beautify him only lacks a cover. The fish lives in the sea, and ’tis much pride For fair without the fair within to hide. That book in many’s eyes doth share the glory That in gold clasps locks in the golden story. So shall you share all that he doth possess By having him, making yourself no less.
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A duty has to be done, and it is unfortunate it falls upon you. There is no shame to be had in carrying it out, but there is much to be had if you fight against it and lose.