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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. |
JULIET: |
O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo? |
Deny thy father and refuse thy name; |
Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, |
And I'll no longer be a Capulet. |
ROMEO: |
JULIET: |
'Tis but thy name that is my enemy; |
Thou art thyself, though not a Montague. |
What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot, |
Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part |
Belonging to a man. O, be some other name! |
What's in a name? that which we call a rose |
By any other name would smell as sweet; |
So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd, |
Retain that dear perfection which he owes |
Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name, |
And for that name which is no part of thee |
Take all myself. |
ROMEO: |
I take thee at thy word: |
Call me but love, and I'll be new baptized; |
Henceforth I never will be Romeo. |
JULIET: |
What man art thou that thus bescreen'd in night |
So stumblest on my counsel? |
ROMEO: |
By a name |
I know not how to tell thee who I am: |
My name, dear saint, is hateful to myself, |
Because it is an enemy to thee; |
Had I it written, I would tear the word. |
JULIET: |
My ears have not yet drunk a hundred words |
Of that tongue's utterance, yet I know the sound: |
Art thou not Romeo and a Montague? |
ROMEO: |
Neither, fair saint, if either thee dislike. |
JULIET: |
How camest thou hither, tell me, and wherefore? |
The orchard walls are high and hard to climb, |
And the place death, considering who thou art, |
If any of my kinsmen find thee here. |
ROMEO: |
With love's light wings did I o'er-perch these walls; |
For stony limits cannot hold love out, |
And what love can do that dares love attempt; |
Therefore thy kinsmen are no let to me. |
JULIET: |
If they do see thee, they will murder thee. |
ROMEO: |
Alack, there lies more peril in thine eye |
Than twenty of their swords: look thou but sweet, |
And I am proof against their enmity. |
JULIET: |
I would not for the world they saw thee here. |
ROMEO: |
I have night's cloak to hide me from their sight; |
And but thou love me, let them find me here: |
My life were better ended by their hate, |
Than death prorogued, wanting of thy love. |
JULIET: |
By whose direction found'st thou out this place? |
ROMEO: |
By love, who first did prompt me to inquire; |
He lent me counsel and I lent him eyes. |
I am no pilot; yet, wert thou as far |
As that vast shore wash'd with the farthest sea, |
I would adventure for such merchandise. |
JULIET: |
Thou know'st the mask of night is on my face, |
Else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek |
For that which thou hast heard me speak to-night |
Fain would I dwell on form, fain, fain deny |
What I have spoke: but farewell compliment! |
Dost thou love me? I know thou wilt say 'Ay,' |
And I will take thy word: yet if thou swear'st, |
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