NEMEROV 2014 #1

PETRUCHIO  

Come, kiss me, Kate, and be my bonny lass:
Cast off your fuming, fretful temperament;
The world is better off without your sass,
And your exasperation is misspent.

KATE             

Let go of me, you saucy, bossy knave!
I’d no more kiss you than I would a rat,
And who are you to teach me to behave?
Unhand me or I’ll prove a killer cat!

PETRUCHIO 

But Kate, I find you mild as any kitten—
Here, take my hand, and join with me in joy!

KATE             

Let go of me, or see your fingers bitten—
I’ll be no mincing mistress, meek and coy.

PETRUCHIO

Well, be you as you will—you shall be mine.

KATE            

Let me but rule, and all will be divine.

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