Shakespeare · Romeo and Juliet · Act 1, Scene 5
Shared sonnet / first meeting
Duologue
Mixed
Under 2 min
Love
Desire
Faith
Romeo and Juliet meet for the first time, comparing hands and lips to pilgrims and saints in a witty exchange that leads to their first kiss.
ROMEO
If I profane with my unworthiest hand This holy shrine, the gentle sin is this, My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.
JULIET
Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much, Which mannerly devotion shows in this; For saints have hands that pilgrims’ hands do touch, And palm to palm is…
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