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Disk I - 03 The Feast of Capulet [Act 1, Scene 2] (A Duet)
Male vocals [Romeo & Benvolio]
Romeo thinks he’s in love with Rosalind. Benvolio urges him to join
him in gate-crashing the Capulet’s Feast, where he can compare his fair
Rosalind to Verona’s finest beauties. Romeo reluctantly agrees to attend.
Benvolio: At this same ancient feast of Capulet’s.
Sups the fair Rosalind whom thou so loves:
With all the admired beauties of Verona,
Go thither, and with unattainted eye,
Compare her face with some that I shall show,
And I will make thee think thy swan a crow.
Romeo : When the devout religion of mine eye,
Maintains such falsehood, then turn tears to fires:
And these who often drown’d, could never die,
Transparent heretics be burnt for liars.
One fairer than my love, the all-seeing Sun,
Ne’er saw her match, since first the world begun.
Benvolio: Tut you saw her fair none else being by,
Herself pois’d with herself in either eye:
But in that crystal scales let there be weigh’d,
Your lady’s love against some other maid:
That I will show you shining at this feast,
And she shall scant show well that now seems best.
Romeo : I’ll go along no such sight to be shown,
But to rejoice in splendour of mine own. |
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