And to 't they go like lightning, for, ere I Could draw to part them, was stout Tybalt slain.

And to ‘t they go like lightning, for, ere I
Could draw to part them, was stout Tybalt slain.

– William Shakespeare

Romeo and Juliet, Act 3, Scene 1. In this nature simile, Benvolio likens the unexpected fighting between Romeo and Tybalt to rapid and sudden flashes of lightning. Like the lightning, the fight and death of Tybalt came without warning.

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