Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare

Act 2 - 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. [p]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; [p]And when that hour o'erslips
me in the day [p]Wherein I sigh not, Julia, for thy sake, [p]The next
ensuing hour some foul mischance [p]Torment me for my love's
forgetfulness! [p]My father stays my coming; answer not; [p]The tide
is now: nay, not thy tide of tears; [p]That tide will stay me longer
than I should. [p]Julia, farewell! [p][Exit JULIA] [p]What, gone
without a word? [p]Ay, so true love should do: it cannot speak; [p]For
truth hath better deeds than words to grace it.

Panthino : Sir Proteus, you are stay'd for.

Proteus : Go; I come, I come. [p]Alas! this parting strikes poor lovers dumb.

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