These violent delights have violent ends

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Come, night. Come, Romeo.
You are like a day that comes during the night. You are whiter than snow on the black wings of a raven.

Come, gentle night. Come, loving, dark night. Give me my Romeo.
And when I die, turn him into stars and form a constellation in his image. His face will make the heavens so beautiful that the world will fall in love with the night and forget about the garish sun.’

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‘Juliet, why are you still so beautiful? Should I believe that death is in love with you, and that the awful monster keeps you here to be his mistress?
I do not like that idea, so I will stay with you. And I will never leave this tomb.’

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‘Here, here I will remain with worms that are your chamber-maids. Oh, I will rest here forever.
I will forget about all the bad luck that has troubled me.’

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‘Eyes, look out for the last time! Arms, make your last embrace!
And lips, you are the doors of breath. Seal with a righteous kiss the deal I have made with death forever.’

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Lichtenstein Castle – Maria Enzersdorf

Romeo and Juliet – William Shakespeare, 1597
Act III, Scene II & Act IV, Scene III

Photography by Electric Percival

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