Romeo and Juliet: Balcony Scene Glossary (2.2)
winged messenger of heaven... (30)
O, speak again, bright angel! for thou art
As glorious to this night, being o'er my head
As is a winged messenger of heaven
Unto the white-upturned wondering eyes
Of mortals that fall back to gaze on him
When he bestrides the lazy-pacing clouds
And sails upon the bosom of the air. (2.2.28-34)
Romeo's conceit bears a striking resemblance to Macbeth's description of the aftermath of Duncan's murder:
And pity, like a naked newborn babe
Striding the blast, or heaven's cherubin horsed
Upon the sightless couriers of the air,
Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye. (1.7)
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