Act 1 Scene V

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Act 1 Scene V
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
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(Romeo)If I profane with my unworthiesthand
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This holy shrine, the gentle sin is this
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My lips,two blushing pilgrims, ready stand
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To smooth that rough touch with a tenderkiss.
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(Juliet)Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand
too much,
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Which mannerly devotion shows in this
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For saints have hands that pilgrims hands do
touch,
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And palm to palm is holy palmers kiss.
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(Romeo) Have not saints lips, and holy palmers,
too?
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(Juliet)Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in
prayer.
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(Romeo)O, then, dear saint, let lips do what
hands do,
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They pray grant thou, lest faith turn to
despair.
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(Juliet)Saints do not move, though grant for
prayers sake.
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(Romeo)Then move not, while my prayers
effectI take.
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The Shakespearean sonnet projectJanuary 2008by
Lobba Mirco