Romeo and Juliet Two friends, two foes, an age-old row, Were fighting and fighting, but no, not now, A pair of star-crossed lovers met at a ball, Yet to live in harmony was a task so tall, The man of the two, now protecting his life, Against two young men, both bearing a knife, Banished so far, so far from she, Who would give her life to be with thee, Amidst the dark, both dead in the tomb, Was all they needed, to clear the gloom, Both families now, live with love not pity, In fair Verona, the Italian city,