Her blood is settled, and her joints are stiff; Life and these lips ha…

William Shakespeare
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Her blood is settled, and her joints are stiff; Life and these lips have long been separated: Death lies on her like an untimely frost Upon the sweetest flower of all the field. ✨ 'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) act 4, sc. 5, l. 25
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Her blood is settled, and her joints are stiff; Life and these lips have long been separated: Death lies on her like an untimely frost Upon the sweetest flower of all the field. ✨ 'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) act 4, sc. 5, l. 25

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