Unhappy fortune! by my brotherhood,
The letter was not nice but full of charge
Of dear import, and the neglecting it
May do much danger. Friar John, go hence;
Get me an iron crow, and bring it straight
Unto my cell.
– William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet, Act 5, Scene 2. Friar Laurence uses an oxymoron to blame fate and bad luck on hearing that Friar John was unable to deliver his letter to Romeo explaining about Juliet’s faked death. He calls for a crowbar so that he can break into Juliet’s tomb before Romeo discovers her there.