LINE 1 | Well, do not swear: although I joy in thee, I have no joy of this contract to-night: It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden; Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be Ere one can say ‘It lightens.’ Sweet, good night! This bud of love, by summer’s ripening breath, May prove a beauteous flower when next we meet. Good night, good night! as sweet repose and rest come to thy heart as that within my breast! |
LINE 2 | What satisfaction canst thou have to-night? |
LINE 3 | I gave thee mine before thou didst request it: And yet I would it were to give again. |
LINE 4 | But to be frank, and give it thee again. And yet I wish but for the thing I have: My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep; the more I give to thee, The more I have, for both are infinite. |
LINE 5 | I hear some noise within; dear love, adieu! Anon, good nurse! Sweet Montague, be true. Stay but a little, I will come again. |
SECTION 5 english (“Romeo and Juliet”) Act 2, scene 2
December 29, 2019