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64 ROMEO AND JULIET. 

Scene VI. Friar Laurence^s Cell. 
Enter Friar Laurence and Romeo. 

Friar Laurence. So smi]e the heavens upon this holy 
act 
That after hours with sorrow chide us not ! 

Romeo. Amen, amen ! but come what sorrow can, 
It cannot countervail the exchange of joy 
That one short minute gives me in her sight. 
Do thou hut close our hands with holy words, 
Then love-devouring death do what he dare, 
It is enough I may but call her mine. 

Friar Laurence. These violent delights have violent 
ends, 
And in their triumph die, like fire and powder. 
Which as they kiss consume • the sweetest honey 
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness. 
And in the taste confounds the appetite. 
Therefore love moderately ; long love doth so : 
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow. 

Enter Juliet. 

Here comes the lady. 0, so light a foot 
Will ne'er wear out the everlasting flint ! 
A lover may bestride the gossamer 
That idles in the wanton summer air, 
And yet not fall ; so light is vanity.