Love Potions Through the Ages: A Study of Amatory Devices and Mores

Act 3.2

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Troilus: What will it be When that the watery palate tastes indeed Love’s thrice repured nectar?—death, I fear me, Swooning distraction, or some joy too fine, Too-subtle potent, tuned too sharp in sweetness, For the capacity of my ruder powers: