Romeo the Elf and Juliet the Orc

Two households, both alike in dignity,

in fair Eberron, where we lay our scene,

where recent peace can't mask malignity,

and violent feuding lingers, evergreen.

The orcs produced a daughter strong and sweet,

the elves, a son both clever and quite fair,

but when these star-crossed lovers chanced to meet,

they swift began the deadliest affair.

With potions, poison, and some throwing knives,

with thorny whips, divinely smiting blows,

it takes the loss of both young lovers' lives

to end the enmity between these foes.

In case you haven't guessed their names quite yet:

I speak of Romeo and Juliet.

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In response to u/Affectionate_Bit_722's prompt on r/WritingPrompts, "[WP] Romeo and Juliet, but one's an elf and the others [sic] an orc."