Capulet's orchard.Enter ROMEO ROMEO He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
JULIET appears above at a window But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?
It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.
Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, Who is already sick and pale with grief, That thou her maid art far more fair than she:Be not her maid, since she is envious;
Her vestal livery is but sick and green And none but fools do wear it; cast it off.
It is my lady, O, it is my love!
O, that she knew she were!
She speaks yet she says nothing: what of that?
Her eye discourses; I will answer it.
I am too bold, 'tis not to me she speaks:Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven, Having some business, do entreat her eyes To twinkle in their spheres till they return.
What if her eyes were there, they in her head?
The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars, As daylight doth a lamp; her eyes in heaven Would through the airy region stream so bright That birds would sing and think it were not night.
See, how she leans her cheek upon her hand!
O, that I were a glove upon that hand, That I might touch that cheek! JULIET Ay me! ROMEO She speaks:O, speak again, bright angel! for thou art As glorious to this night, being o'er my head As is a winged messenger of heaven Unto the white-upturned wondering eyes Of mortals that fall back to gaze on him When he bestrides the lazy-pacing clouds And sails upon the bosom of the air.JULIET O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?
Deny thy father and refuse thy name;
Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I'll no longer be a Capulet.ROMEO [Aside] Shall I hear more, or shall Ispeak at this? JULIET 'Tis but thy name that is my enemy;Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.
What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot, Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part Belonging to a man.O, be some other name!
What's in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet;So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd, Retain that dear perfection which he owes Without that title.Romeo, doff thy name, And for that name which is no part of thee Take all myself.ROMEO I take thee at thy word:Call me but love, and I'll be new baptized;Henceforth I never will be Romeo.JULIET What man art thou that thus bescreen'd in night So stumblest on my counsel? ROMEO By a name I know not how to tell thee who I am:My name, dear saint, is hateful to myself, Because it is an enemy to thee;Had I it written, I would tear the word.JULIET My ears have not yet drunk a hundred words Of that tongue's utterance, yet I know the sound:Art thou not Romeo and a Montague? ROMEO Neither, fair saint, if either thee dislike.JULIET How camest thou hither, tell me, and wherefore?
The orchard walls are high and hard to climb, And the place death, considering who thou art, If any of my kinsmen find thee here.ROMEO With love's light wings did I o'er-perch these walls;For stony limits cannot hold love out, And what love can do that dares love attempt;Therefore thy kinsmen are no let to me.JULIET If they do see thee, they will murder thee.ROMEO Alack, there lies more peril in thine eye Than twenty of their swords: look thou but sweet, And I am proof against their enmity.JULIET I would not for the world they saw thee here.ROMEO I have night's cloak to hide me from their sight;And but thou love me, let them find me here:My life were better ended by their hate, Than death prorogued, wanting of thy love.JULIET By whose direction found'st thou out this place? ROMEO By love, who first did prompt me to inquire;He lent me counsel and I lent him eyes.
I am no pilot; yet, wert thou as far As that vast shore wash'd with the farthest sea, I would adventure for such merchandise.JULIET Thou know'st the mask of night is on my face, Else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek For that which thou hast heard me speak to-night Fain would I dwell on form, fain, fain deny What I have spoke: but farewell compliment!
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; at lovers' perjuries Then say, Jove laughs.O gentle Romeo, If thou dost love, pronounce it faithfully:Or if thou think'st I am too quickly won, I'll frown and be perverse an say thee nay, So thou wilt woo; but else, not for the world.
