"Jocund Day Stands Tip Toe on the Misty Mountain Tops" (Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act 3, Scene 5), George Richmond

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Jocund Day Stands Tip Toe on the Misty Mountain Tops' (Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act 3, Scene 5), ca. 1830, Graphite, Sheet: 16 11/16 × 10 7/8 in. ( × cm), Drawings, George Richmond (British, Brompton 1809–1896 London), This dramatic pose embodies lines that Romeo speaks to Juliet as he prepares to leave after their wedding night. Look, love, what envious streaks, Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east. Night’s candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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