The clock struck nine when I did send the nurse;
In half an hour she promised to return.
Perchance she cannot meet him: that's not so.
O, she is lame! love's heralds should be thoughts,
Which ten times faster glide than the sun's beams,
Driving back shadows over louring hills:
Therefore do nimble-pinion'd doves draw love,
And therefore hath the wind-swift Cupid wings.
Now is the sun upon the highmost hill
Of this day's journey, and from nine till twelve
Is three long hours, yet she is not come.
Had she affections and warm youthful blood,
She would be as swift in motion as a ball;
My words would bandy her to my sweet love,
And his to me:
But old folks, many feign as they were dead;
Unwieldy, slow, heavy and pale as lead.
O God, she comes!

William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) fue un dramaturgo, poeta y actor inglés. Es considerado el escritor más importante de la lengua inglesa y uno de los más célebres de la literatura universal, cuyas obras se leen y representa en todo el mundo.
«Romeo and Juliet», una de las obras más célebres del autor, cuenta la historia de dos jóvenes enamorados que, a pesar de la oposición de sus familias, rivales entre sí, deciden casarse de forma clandestina y vivir juntos. Con un final trágico y épico, que convierte a sus personajes en el arquetipo de los amores prohibidos.

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