The Two Noble Kinsmen

Act 1, Scene 5

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Urns and odours bring away;
Vapours, sighs, darken the day;
Our dole more deadly looks than dying;
Balms and gums and heavy cheers,
Sacred vials filled with tears,
And clamours through the wild air flying.

Come, all sad and solemn shows
That are quick-eyed Pleasure’s foes;
We convent else but woes.
We convent else but woes.

THIRD QUEEN

This funeral path brings to your household’s grave.
Joy seize on you again; peace sleep with him.

SECOND QUEEN

And this to yours.

FIRST QUEEN

Yours this way. Heavens lend
A thousand differing ways to one sure end.

THIRD QUEEN

This world’s a city full of straying streets,
And death’s the market-place where each one meets.

All of The Two Noble Kinsmen

Opening and close

PrologueEpilogue,

Act 1

Act 1, Scene 1Act 1, Scene 2Act 1, Scene 3Act 1, Scene 4Act 1, Scene 5,

Act 2

Act 2, Scene 1Act 2, Scene 2Act 2, Scene 3Act 2, Scene 4Act 2, Scene 5Act 2, Scene 6,

Act 3

Act 3, Scene 1Act 3, Scene 2Act 3, Scene 3Act 3, Scene 4Act 3, Scene 5Act 3, Scene 6,

Act 4

Act 4, Scene 1Act 4, Scene 2Act 4, Scene 3,

Act 5

Act 5, Scene 1Act 5, Scene 2Act 5, Scene 3Act 5, Scene 4

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