The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1589-91)

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Date variant: 1589-93
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Act II, Scene 2

Verona. JULIA'S house.

Proteus
Have patience, gentle Julia.

Julia
I must, where is no remedy.

Proteus
When possibly I can, I will return.

Julia
If you turn not, you will return the sooner.
Keep this remembrance for thy Julia's sake.

Proteus
Why then, we'll make exchange; here, take you this.

Julia
And seal the bargain with a holy kiss.

Proteus
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 JULIA]
What, gone without a word?
Ay, so true love should do: it cannot speak;
For truth hath better deeds than words to grace it.

Panthino
Sir Proteus, you are stay'd for.

Proteus
Go; I come, I come.
Alas! this parting strikes poor lovers dumb.

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Act II, Scene 2

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