Pyramus and Thisbe

Love Story
By: Taylor Swift

We were both young
when I first saw you.
I close my eyes and
the flashback starts.
I'm standing there on
a balcony in summer
air.
See the lights, see
part
the _____, the ball
y
gowns.
See you make your
way through the
Hello
crowd
And say, “_____, "
That you were Romeo,
pebble
you were throwing
s
_______,
And my daddy said, "Stay
away from Juliet"
staircase
And I was crying on the
_________ Begging you,
"Please don't go"
And I said...
“______,Rome
take me somewhere
weo can be alone.
I'll be waiting; all that's left
to do is run.
You'll be the prince and I'll
princess
be the _________,
It's a love story, baby, just
say, 'Yes.'"
So, I _____ out to the
snea
k
garden to see you.
We keep quiet 'cause we're
dead if they knew
So, close your eyes...
escap
______ this town for ae little
while.
Oh, oh.
'Cause you were
Romeo – scarle
I was a _______
t
letter,
And my daddy said,
"Stay away from Juliet."
But you were
everything
beggi to me,
ng
I was _______ you,
"Please don't go."
"Romeo, take somewher
me
e
_________ we can be alone.
I'll be waiting; all that's
left to do is run.
You'll be the ______
princ and I'll
e
be the princess.
say, 'Yes.'
Romeo, save me, they try to
tell me how to feel.
This love is difficult but it's
real
_____.
Don't be afraid, we'll make it
out of this mess.
say,Ye
‘____.'"
s oh.
Oh,
I got tired of waiting
_________
wonderin if you were
g
ever coming around.
My faith in you was
fading
When I met you on
the outskir
_________ of town.
ts
And I said...
"Romeo, save me, I've
been feeling so alone.
waitin for you, but
I keep _______
g
you never come.
Is this in my head? I don't
know what to think."
He knelt to the ground
and pulled outrin a ____ and
g
said...
"Marry me, Juliet, you'll never
have to be alone.
I love you, and that's all I really
know.
I talked to your dad – go pick out
a white dress
It's a love story, baby, just say,
'Yes.'“
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
'Cause we were both young when
Comprehension Check
*What do you think
will happen to the
main characters?
*If you were in their
situation, are you
going to do the same?
Pyramus and
By: Ovid
Thisbe
There once lived in Babylonia
two lovers named Pyramus and
Thisbe, who were separated by
a strange misfortune. For they
lived in connected houses, and
although their parents had
forbidden them to marry, these
two had found a means of
talking together through a crack
in the wall.
Here, again and again, Pyramus on his
side of the wall and Thisbe on hers, they
would meet to tell each other all that had
happened during the day, and to complain
of their cruel parents. Eventually, they
decided that they could endure it no
longer and they would leave their homes
and be married, no matter what. They
planned to meet, on a certain evening, by
a mulberry-tree near the tomb of King
Ninus, outside the city gates. Once safely
met, they were resolved to elope together.
So far all went well. At the appointed
time, Thisbe, heavily veiled to disguise
herself, managed to escape from home
unnoticed, and after a secret journey
through the streets of Babylon, she came
to a garden of mulberry trees near the
tomb of Ninus. The place was deserted,
and once there, she took off the veil from
her face to see if Pyramus waited
anywhere among the shadows. She heard
the sound of footsteps and turned to see
—not Pyramus, but a creature unwelcome
to any rendezvous—none other than a
Without a cry, Thisbe
fled, dropping her veil
as she ran. She found
a hiding place among
the rocks at some
distance, and there
she waited, not
The lioness, having quenched
her thirst after some violent
meal, turned from the spring
and, coming upon the veil,
sniffed at it curiously, tore
and tossed it with her bloody
jaws,—as she would have
done with Thisbe herself,—
then dropped the plaything
and walked away to the forest
It was but a little after this that
Pyramus came hurrying to the
meeting place, breathless with
enthusiasm to find Thisbe and tell
her what had delayed him. He
found no Thisbe there. For a
moment he was puzzled. Then he
looked about for some sign of her,
some footprint by the pool. There
was the trail of a wild beast in the
grass, and nearby a woman’s veil,
torn and stained with blood; he
So, she had come at the
appointed hour, true to her
word; she had waited there
for him alone and
defenseless, and she had
been eaten by some beast
from the jungle! As these
thoughts rushed upon the
young man’s mind, he could
“Was it to meet me,
Thisbe, that you came to
such a death?” he cried.
“And I followed all too
late. But I will pay. Even
now I come late, but I
promise it wasn’t my
fault!”
As he said this, the poor
youth drew his sword and
fell upon it, there at the
foot of that mulberry tree
which he had named as
the rendezvous point, and
his blood ran over the
roots.
During these very moments,
Thisbe, hearing no sound and
a little reassured, had left from
her hiding-place and came to
the edge of the forest. She saw
that the lioness had left the
spring, and, eager to show her
lover that she had dared all
things to keep faith, she came
slowly, little by little, back to
She found Pyramus there, according to
his promise. His own sword was in his
heart, the empty sheath by his side,
and in his hand, he still held her veil.
Thisbe saw these things as if she were
in a dream, and suddenly the truth
awoke her. She saw the tragic
misfortune of all, and when the dying
Pyramus opened his eyes and fixed
them upon her, her heart broke. With
the same sword she stabbed herself,
and the lovers died together.
There the parents found
them, after an exhausting
search, and they were
buried together in the
same tomb. But the
berries of the mulberry
tree turned red that day,
and red they have
remained ever since.
The End
Let’s do an activity!
*Instructions:
You will be grouped
into 5. Create a frozen
frame or tableau of
your assigned scene.
Make sure everyone
takes part.
*Group 1 – Pyramus and Thisbe falls
in love talking on the crack on the
wall.
*Group 2 – They decided to meet
up in the King Ninus’ tomb.
*Group 3 – Thisbe meets the lion
while Pyramus was on his way.
*Group 4 – Pyramus and Thisbe
dies.
*Group 5 – Their parents found the
lovers.

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