No sooner did the poison touch his lip,
Did she awake within her parent's tomb,
The girl, still tense from her near deathly sip,
Sat up and looked where all the shadows loom.
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So fast did the black poison kill the boy,
So fast, that when she did slide to the floor,
The boy was turning cold suckéd of joy,
Why did she stop when moving to the door?
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Fair Juliet did see her love that night,
And Romeo's deep love did take his knife,
The gods themselves did tremble at the sight,
Together twined without a drop of life.
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But it could not be understood yet why,
These two would wish the world of life goodbye.
