“My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand br to smooth your rough touch with a tender kiss, ” br said Romeo, when somewhat underhand br he took the first step towards boyish bliss. br “But saints have hands that pilgrims’ hands do touch, br and holy palmers kiss with palm to palm, ” br said Juliet, whose thoughts were very much br impervious to Romeo’s great charm. br “But now, dear saint, ” he said to her, “let lips br do what hands do.” And so around the sun br that casts its shadow, causing moon’s eclipse, br she orbited and soon would be undone, br for once four blushing pilgrims had united br until the daybreak they remained benighted. br br Inspired by the sonnet in “Romeo And Juliet, ” Act V, Scene V. br br ROMEO br br If I profane with my unworthiest hand br This holy shrine, the gentle fine is this: br My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand br To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss. br br JULIET br br Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much, br Which mannerly devotion shows in this; br For saints have hands that pilgrims' hands do touch, br And palm to palm is holy palmers' kiss. br br ROMEO br br Have not saints lips, and holy palmers too? br br JULIET br br Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in prayer. br br ROMEO br br O, then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do; br They pray, grant thou, lest faith turn to despair. br br JULIET br br Saints do not move, though grant for prayers' sake. br br ROMEO br br Then move not, while my prayer's effect I take.