Thou canst not speak of that thou dost not feel:
Wert thou as young as I, Juliet thy love,
An hour but married, Tybalt murdered,
Doting like me and like me banished,
Then mightst thou speak, then mightst thou tear thy hair,
And fall upon the ground, as I do now,
Taking the measure of an unmade grave.
– William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet, Act 3, Scene 3. Romeo says this to Friar Laurence after the Friar tells him that his exile is a merciful punishment. In Romeo’s view, were the Friar as young as him and just married, he might tear out his hair and fall to the ground to measure his grave. Romeo rather dramatically falls to the ground as he says this. There is foreshadowing of Romeo’s death here.