Nurfe. I know nót. Jul. Go, afk his name. If he be married, My Grave is like to be my wedding bed. Nurfe. His name is Romeo, and a Montague, Jul. My only love fprung from my only hate ; Nurse. Anon, anon [One calls within, Juliet. Come, let's away, the strangers all are gone. [Exeunt. 8 Now old Defire doth on his death-bed lie, With tender Juliet match'd, is now not fair. Now Romeo is belov'd, and loves again, Alike bewitched by the charm of looks : But to his foe fuppos'd he must complain, And she steal love's sweet bait from fearful hooks. · Being held a foe, he may not have access To breathe fuch vows as lovers ufe to fwear; And fhe, as much in love, her means much lefs, To meet her new-beloved any where: CHORUS.] This chorus added fince the first edition. POPE. Chorus. The use of this chorus is not eafily difcovered, it conduces nothing to the progrefs D of the play, but relates what is already known, or what the next scenes will fhew; and relates it without adding the improvement of any moral sentiment. 2 But But Paffion lends them power, Time means, to meet; Temp'ring extremities with extreme sweet. [Exit Chorus. A CT II. SCENE I. CA The STREET. Enter Romeo alone. ROMEO. AN I go forward when my heart is here? Enter Benvolio, with Mercutio. Ben. Romeo, my coufin Romeo. Mer. He is wife, And, on my life, hath ftol'n him home to bed. [Exit. Ben. He ran this way, and leap'd this orchardwall. Call, good Mercutio. Mer. Nay, I'll conjure too. Why, Romeo! humours! madman! paffion! lover! One One nick-name to her pur-blind fon and heir: Ben. An' if he hear thee, thou wilt anger him, Of some strange nature, letting it there stand Ben. Come, he hath hid himself among these trees, Blind is his love, and best befits the dark. Mer. If love be blind, love cannot hit the mark. Now will he fit under a medlar-tree, And with his mistress were that kind of fruit, Which maids call medlars, when they laugh alone.-< Romeo, good-night; I'll to my truckle-bed, This field-bed is too cold for me to sleep: Come, fhall we go? Ben. Go, then, for 'tis in vain To feek him here that means not to be found. [Exeunt. 1 9 When King Cophetua, &.] Alluding to an old ballad. POPE. • Rom. H SCENE II. Changes to Capulet's Garden. Enter Romeo. Ejefts at fcars, that never felt a woundBut, foft! what light thro' yonder window breaks? It is the East, and Juliet is the Sun! [Juliet appears above, at a window. Arife, fair Sun, and kill the envious moon, Who is already fick and pale with grief, That thou, her maid, art far more fair than fhe. 2 Be not her maid, fince fhe is envious; Her veftal livery is but fick and green, And none but fools do wear it; caft it off 3 It is my Lady; O! it is my Love; O that she knew fhe were! She fpeaks, yet fhe fays nothing; what of that? I am too bold, 'tis not to me the speaks : He jefts at fears,] That is, Mercutio jefts, whom he overheard. Be not her maid,] Be not a votary to the moon, to Diana. 3 It is my lady;-] This line and half I have replaced. See, See, how the leans her cheek upon her hand! Rom. She fpeaks. 4 Oh, speak again, bright angel! for thou art Jul. O Romeo, Romeo-wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father, and refuse thy name: Or, if thou wilt not, be but fworn my love, Rom. Shall I hear more, or fhall I speak at this? Jul. 'Tis but thy name that is my enemy: 6 Thou art thyself, though not a Montague. What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot, Nor arm, nor face-nor any other part. What's in a name? that which we call a rofe, 4Ò, speak again, bright Angel! for thou art As glorious to this night,] Tho' all the printed copies concur in this reading, yet the latter part of the Simile feems to require, As glorious to this Sight; and therefore I have ventured to alter the text fo. THEOBALD. 5--the lazy-pacing clouds] Thus corrected from the first edition, in the other lazy-puffing. POPE. 6 Thou art thyself, though not [Afide. a Montague Ji. e. you would be just what you are, altho' you were not of the house of Montague. WARBURTON. I think the true reading is, Thou art thyfelf, then not a Montague. Thou art a being of peculiar ex cellence, and haft none of the malignity of the family, from which thou haft thy name. Hanmer reads, Thou'rt not thyself so, though a Montague. |