Monologue

Hymen Monologue from As You Like It

From As You Like It by William Shakespeare

male · joyful · 1:15 min

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Peace, ho! I bar confusion. ’Tis I must make conclusion Of these most strange events. Here’s eight that must take hands To join in Hymen’s bands, If truth holds true contents. (To Orlando and Rosalind.) You and you no cross shall part. (To Celia and Oliver.) You and you are heart in heart. (To Phoebe.) You to his love must accord Or have a woman to your lord. (To Audrey and Touchstone.) You and you are sure together As the winter to foul weather. Whiles a wedlock hymn we sing, Feed yourselves with questioning, That reason wonder may diminish How thus we met, and these things finish. SONG Wedding is great Juno’s crown, O blessed bond of board and bed. ’Tis Hymen peoples every town, High wedlock then be honoured. Honour, high honour, and renown To Hymen, god of every town.

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Hymen, the god of marriage, addresses the assembled couples to finalize their unions, celebrating love and the bonds of wedlock amidst a backdrop of joyous festivities.

any · joy · love · honor · union · celebration

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