William Shakespeare — Two Gentlemen of Verona Act 2 Scene 2

                                 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!       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