DarkCruz360 Article: Hands That Pray

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posted by Sinna_Hime_chan

stolen lips

Act 1: Scene 5
Pilgrim's Hands
excerpts:

ROMEO[To a Servingman]:
What Lady is that, which doth enrich the hand Of yonder knight?

Servant:
I know not, sir.

ROMEO:
O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!
It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiope's ear;
Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear!
So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows,
As yonder lady o'er her fellows shows.
The measure done, I'll watch her place of stand,
And, touching hers, make blessed my rude hand.
Did my heart love till now? forswear it, sight!
For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night.

***

Exit

ROMEO[To JULIET]:
If I profane with my unworthiest hand
This holy shrine, the gentle fine 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 holy palmers' kiss.

ROMEO:
Have not saints lips, and holy palmers too?

JULIET:
Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in prayer.

ROMEO:
O, then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do;
They pray, grant thou, lest faith turn to despair.

JULIET:
Saints do not move, though grant for prayers' sake.

ROMEO:
Then move not, while my prayer's effect I take.
Thus from my lips, by yours, my sin is purged.

JULIET:
Then have my lips the sin that they have took.

ROMEO:
Sin from thy lips? O trespass sweetly urged!
Give me my sin again.

stolen touch

I praythee

Hentai-Guy, DarkCruz360 and 2 others like this

DarkCruz360 *nods* True

Sinna_Hime_chan I know it isn't very edgy or in theme, and I may have to remedy this for your sake, but since we are both religious people and was speaking of penance and prayers...(and hands) I just thought of this scene. An innocent stolen expression-of course they end up sleeping together...but that is not the point!! (They DO get married, but of course they kill themselves too!! That is pretty dang messed up!! What maroons!! lol.)

DarkCruz360 What!!! Kill each other but why? O_O

Sinna_Hime_chan Romeo & Juliet... not US! Oh God! No!

ocarinaman7 Alright, now this is Ironic, I'm watching this exact movie in my english 1 class

DarkCruz360 Hmm indeed