Love Is Rough
Alas, that love, so gentle in his view,
Should be so tyrannous and rough in proof!
–Romeo and Juliet,
Act I, Scene i

Alas, that love, so gentle in his view,
Should be so tyrannous and rough in proof!
–Romeo and Juliet,
Act I, Scene i

This bud of love, by summer’s ripening breath,
May prove a beauteous flower when next we meet.
–Romeo and Juliet,
Act II, Scene ii

You are a lover; borrow Cupid’s wings,
And soar with them above a common bound.
–Romeo and Juliet,
Act I, Scene iv

Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight!
For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night.
–Romeo and Juliet,
Act I, Scene v

Lovers can see to do their amorous rites
By their own beauties.
–Romeo and Juliet,
Act III, Scene ii

Is love a tender thing? It is too rough,
Too rude, too boisterous, and it pricks like thorn.
–Romeo and Juliet,
Act I, Scene iv

Call me but love, and I’ll be new baptized.
—Romeo and Juliet,
Act II, Scene ii