No sooner met but they looked;
No sooner looked but they loved;
No sooner loved but they sighed;
No sooner signed but they asked one another the reason;
No sooner knew the reason but they sought the remedy;
And in these degrees have they made a pair of stairs to marriage.
–As You Like It,
Act V, Scene ii
My love is holy… say thou art mine, and ever
My love as it begins shall so persever.
–All’s Well That Ends Well,
Act IV, Scene ii
Live with me, and be my love,
And we will all the pleasures prove…
And if these pleasures may thee move,
Then live with me and be my love.
— The Passionate Pilgrim
It is thyself, mine own self’s better part,
Mine eye’s clear eye, my dear heart’s dearer heart,
My food, my fortune and my sweet hope’s aim,
My sole earth’s heaven and my heaven’s claim.
–Comedy of Errors,
Act II, Scene ii
As you are mine, I am yours:
I give away myself for you and dote upon the exchange.
–Much Ado About Nothing,
Act II, Scene i
My heart unto yours is knit
So that but one heart we can make of it;
Two bosoms interchained with an oath;
So then two bosoms and a single troth.
–A Midsummer Night’s Dream,
Act II, Scene ii
I’ll be as patient as a gentle stream,
And make a pastime of each weary step,
Till the last step have brought me to my love,
And there I’ll rest.
–Two Gentlemen of Verona,
Act II, Scene vii