Two Gentlemen of Verona Act 2 Scene 2 William Shakespeare

                                 SCENE II. 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!