( ) Come, bitter companion, come, disgusting guide! You desperate pilot, now at once steer my weary Sea-sick bark against the dashing rocks! Here’s to my love! (He drinks). So with a kiss I die. ( ) Romeo kneels near Juliet’s body, then he takes out the bottle of poison. He holds it up in front of his face and in a determined tone speaks his last words. Romeo falls down, at the foot of Juliet’s tomb. ( ) : Dear me! What blood is this which stains The stony entrance of this sepulchre?- What do these masterless bloody swords mean, Abandoned in this place of peace? ( ) Romeo! O, how pale! Who else? What, Paris, too? And full of blood? Ah! What an unkind hour Is guilty of this lamentable chance! ( ) : O, gentle friar, where is my lord? Some minutes later, Friar Laurence’s voice can be heard outside Friar Laurence The friar enters the vault with a lantern and sees Romeo’s body Just then Juliet starts to move and sits up. Juliet Reconciliation between Capulets and Montagues (F. Leighton, 1855)
