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ROMEO AND JULIET. 43 

Juliet. What man art thou that thus bescreen'd in 
night 
So stumblest on my counsel ? 

Rowso. By a name 

I know not how to tell thee who I am. 
My name, dear saint, is hateful to myself, 
Because it is an enemy to thee ; 
Had I it written, I would tear the word. 

Juliet. My ears have yet not drunk a hundred words 
Of that tongue's utterance, yet I know the sound. — 
Art thou not Eomeo, and a Montague ? 

Romeo. Neither, fair maid, if either thee dislike. 

Juliet. How cam'st thou hither, tell me, and where- 
fore ? 
The orchard walls are high and hard to climb. 
And the place death, considering who thou art. 
If any of my kinsmen find thee here. 

Romeo. With love's light wings did I o'er-perch these 
walls, 
For stony limits cannot hold love out, 
And what love can do that dares love attempt ; 
Therefore thy kinsmen are no let to me. 

Juliet. If they do see thee, they will murder thee. 

Romeo. Alack, there lies more peril in thine eye 
Than twenty of their swords ; look thou but sweet. 
And I am proof against their enmity. 

Juliet. I would not for the world they saw thee here.