1 Two households, both alike in dignity,

2 In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,

3 From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,

4 Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.

5 From forth the fatal loins of these two foes

6 A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life;

7 Whose misadventured piteous overthrows

8 Do with their death bury their parents’ strife.

9 The fearful passage of their death-marked love,

10 And the continuance of their parents’ rage,

11 Which, but their children’s end, nought could

Question

1      Two households, both alike in dignity,
 
2      In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
 
3      From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
 
4      Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
 
5      From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
 
6      A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life;
 
7      Whose misadventured piteous overthrows
 
8      Do with their death bury their parents’ strife.
 
9      The fearful passage of their death-marked love,
 
10      And the continuance of their parents’ rage,
 
11      Which, but their children’s end, nought could