Shakespeare in Love

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I have a sonnet to write.

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Sonnet?
You mean a play!

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[ Shakespeare ]
For Lady Viola De Lesseps,

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by the hand of Thomas Kent.

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"Shall I compare thee
to a summer's day?

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"Thou art more lovely
and more temperate.

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[ Sighs Deeply ]

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Rough winds do shake
the darling buds of May--"

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[ Wessex ]
Two hours at prayer!

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[ Nurse ]
Lady Viola is pious, my lord.

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Piety is for Sunday!

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And two hours of prayer is not piety,
it is self-importance.

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It would be better
that you return tomorrow, my lord.

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It would be better if you'd
tell her to get off her knees
and show some civility...

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to her six-day
lord and master!

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Mmmph!

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My lady Viola.

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Lord Wessex.
You've been waiting.

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I am aware of it.

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But it is
beauty's privilege.

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[ Giggles ]
You flatter, my lord.

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No. I have spoken
to the queen.

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Her Majesty's consent is requisite
when a Wessex takes a wife,

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and once given,
her consent is her command.

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Do you intend to marry,
my lord?

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Your father should keep you
better informed.

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He has bought me
for you.

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He returns from his estates to see us
married two weeks from Saturday.

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You are allowed
to show your pleasure.

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But I do not love you,
my lord.

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How your mind hops about.

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Your father
was a shopkeeper.

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Your children will bear arms,
and I will recover my fortune.

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That is the only matter
under discussion today.

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