Vicious Cut Down
I found you as a morsel cold upon [his] trencher;
nay, you were a fragment.
–Antony and Cleopatra,
Act III, Scene xviii
Category: Dark Love
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Vicious Cutdown
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Dark As Night
Dark as Night
For I have sworn thee fair and thought thee bright,
Who art as black as hell, as dark as night.–Sonnet 147
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Contrary Love
Contrary Love
She dreams of him that has forgot her love;
You dote on her that cares not for your love.
‘Tis pity love should be so contrary.–Two Gentlemen of Verona,
Act IV, Scene iv -
Dark Love
Dark Love
O serpent heart, hid with a flowering face!
Did ever dragon keep so fair a cave?
Beautiful tyrant! Fiend angelical!
Dove-feather’d raven! Wolvish-ravening lamb!
Despised substance of divinest show!–Romeo and Juliet,
Act III, Scene ii -
Battlefield
Battlefield
Thou and I are too wise to woo peaceably.
–Much Ado About Nothing,
Act V Scene ii -
Thrill of the Chase
Thrill of the Chase
O, ten times faster Venus’ pigeons fly
To seal love’s bonds new-made, than they are wont
To keep obliged faith unforfeited!
That ever holds: who riseth from a feast
With that keen appetite that he sits down?–Merchant of Venice,
Act II, scene vi -
Heartbreaker
Heartbreaker
But when you have our roses,
You barely leave our thorns to prick ourselves
And mock us with our bareness.–All’s Well That Ends Well,
Act IV, Scene ii