“ For you and I are past our dancing days. ”
William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet (1597). copy citation
| Author | William Shakespeare |
|---|---|
| Source | Romeo and Juliet |
| Topic | past dancing |
| Date | 1597 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | Romeo and Juliet, Act I, Scene 5 |
| Note | Written between 1591 and 1595 Capulet line |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1112/pg1112.html |
Context
“Music plays, and they dance. More light, you knaves! and turn the tables up,
And quench the fire, the room is grown too hot. Ah, sirrah, this unlook'd-for sport comes well. Nay, sit, nay, sit, good cousin Capulet, For you and I are past our dancing days. How long is't now since last yourself and I Were in a mask? 2. cap. By'r Lady, thirty years.
cap. What, man? 'Tis not so much, 'tis not so much!
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And quench the fire, the room is grown too hot. Ah, sirrah, this unlook'd-for sport comes well. Nay, sit, nay, sit, good cousin Capulet, For you and I are past our dancing days. How long is't now since last yourself and I Were in a mask? 2. cap. By'r Lady, thirty years.
cap. What, man? 'Tis not so much, 'tis not so much!
” source
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