Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 . The Two Gentlemen of Verona
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Scene 2

    [Verona. JULIA'S house.]

    [Enter PROTEUS and JULIA]


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.

    [Giving a ring]


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.

    [Enter PANTHINO]


PANTHINO

   Sir Proteus, you are stay'd for.


PROTEUS

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

    [Exeunt]