The Two Noble Kinsmen

The Two Noble Kinsmen is a Jacobean tragicomedy, now generally believed to have been written in 1613 or 1614 by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher. Act I Maiden pinks, of odour faint,Daisies smell-less, yet most quaint,And sweet thyme true.Primrose, first-born child of Ver,Merry springtime's harbinger,With harebells dim. Boy, scene i Come all sad, and solemn shows,That are quick-eyed Pleasure's foes;We convent nought else but woes.We convent nought else but woes. Three Queens, scene v Act II Emilia: Of all flowers,Methinks a rose is best.Woman: Why, gentle madam?Emilia: It is the very emblem of a maid.For when the west wind courts her gentlyHow modestly she blows, and paints the sunWith her chaste blushes! When the north comes near her,Rude and impatient, then, like chastity,She locks her beauties in her bud again,And leaves him to base briars. scene ii To marry him is hopeless;To be his whore is witless. Out upon't!What pushes are we wenches driven toWhen fifteen once has found us? Daughter, scene iv Once, he kissed me.I loved my lips the better ten days after:Would he would do so every day! Daughter, scene iv By him, like a shadowI'l ever dwell. Daughter, scene vi Act IV Tis pitty Love should be so tyrannous. Hipolita, scene ii Act V O Great Corrector of enormous times,Of dustie, and old tytles, that healst with bloodThe earth when it is sicke, and curst the worldO'th pluresie of people; Arcite, scene i External links Category:Shakespearean comedies