Speak Faithfully
Dost thou love me? I know thou wilt say ‘Ay,’
And I will take thy word: yet if thou swear’st,
Thou mayst prove false…
If thou dost love, pronounce it faithfully.
–Romeo and Juliet,
Act II, Scene ii

Dost thou love me? I know thou wilt say ‘Ay,’
And I will take thy word: yet if thou swear’st,
Thou mayst prove false…
If thou dost love, pronounce it faithfully.
–Romeo and Juliet,
Act II, Scene ii

For stony limits cannot hold love out,
And what love can do that dares love attempt.
–Romeo and Juliet,
Act II, Scene ii

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