William Shakespeare (1564–1616). The Oxford Shakespeare. 1914.
Act II. Scene II.The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Pro.Have patience, gentle Julia.
Jul.I must, where is no remedy.
Pro.When possibly I can, I will return.
Jul.If you turn not, you will return the sooner.
Keep this remembrance for thy Julia’s sake.[Gives him a ring.
Pro.Why, then, we’ll make exchange: here, take you this.[Gives her another.
Jul.And seal the bargain with a holy kiss.
Pro.Here is my hand for my true constancy;
And when that hour o’erslips me in the day
Wherein I sigh not, Julia, for thy sake,
The next ensuing hour some foul mischance
Torment me for my love’s forgetfulness!
My father stays my coming; answer not.
The tide is now: nay, not thy tide of tears;
That tide will stay me longer than I should.
Julia, farewell.[Exit J
What! gone without a word?
Ay, so true love should do: it cannot speak;
For truth hath better deeds than words to grace it.
Pant.Sir Proteus, you are stay’d for.
Pro.Go; I come, I come.
Alas! this parting strikes poor lovers dumb.[Exeunt.