I do remember an apothecary,” &c.
This famous passage is so beautiful as to be self-justified; yet, in addition, what a fine preparation it is for the tomb scene!
Ib. sc. 3. Romeo's speech:—
“Good gentle youth, tempt not a desperate man,
Fly hence and leave me.”
The gentleness of Romeo was shown before, as softened by love; and now it is doubled by love and sorrow and awe of the place where he is.
Ib. Romeo's speech:—--
“How oft when men are at the point of death
Have they been merry! which their keepers call
A lightning before death. O, how may I