The earth that’s nature’s mother, is her tomb; What is her burying grave, that is her womb: And from her womb children of divers kind We sucking on her natural bosom find.
Friar Lawrence (William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet)
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- Romeo and Juliet, Act II, scene III; Exact wording and attribution checked. Spoken by Friar Lawrence, a fictional character, in Romeo and Juliet, Act II, scene III. A complete verse sentence presenting earth as both source and resting place of living forms.
- Romeo and Juliet, Act II, scene III
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