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ROMEO AND JULIET. 45 

Than those that have more cunning to be strange. 
I should have been more strange, I must confess, 
But that thou overheard'st, ere I was ware, 
My true love's passion ; therefore pardon me, 
And not impute this yielding to light love, 
Which the dark night hath so discovered, 

Borneo. Lady, by yonder blessed moon I swear, 
That tips with silver all these fruit-tree tops — 

Juliet. O, swear not by the moon, th' inconstant moon, 
That monthly changes in her circled orb, 
Lest that thy love prove likewise variable. 

Borneo. What shall I swear by ? 

Juliet. L)o not swear at all ; 

Or, if thou wilt, swear by thy gracious self, 
Which is the god of my idolatry, 
And I'll believe thee. 

Borneo. If my heart's dear love — 

Juliet. Well, do not swear. Although I joy in thee, 
I have no joy of this contract to-night ; 
It is too rash, too unadvis'd, too sudden. 
Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be 
Ere one can say it lightens. Sweet, good night ! 
This bud of love, by summer's ripening breath. 
May prove a beauteous flower when next we meet. 
Good night, good night ! as sweet repose and rest 
Come to thy heart as that within my breast ! 

Borneo. 0, wilt thou leave me so unsatisfied ?