Act 2 — Scene I.

Romeo. Can I go forward when my heart is here?— Turn back, dull earth, and find thy centre out. [He climbs the wall, and leaps down within it. Enter Benvolio and Mercutio Benvolio. Romeo! my cousin Romeo! Romeo! Mercutio. He is wise, And, on my life, hath stolen him home to bed. Benvolio. He ran this way, and leap'd this orchard wall; Call, good Mercutio. Mercutio. Nay, I'll conjure too.— Romeo! humours! madman! passion! lover! Appear thou in the likeness of a sigh! Speak but one rhyme, and I am satisfied; 10 Cry but 'Ay me!' pronounce but 'love' and 'dove'; Speak to my gossip Venus one fair word, One nickname for her purblind son and heir, Young Abraham Cupid, he that shot so trim When King Cophetua lov'd the beggar-maid!— He heareth not, he stirreth not, he moveth not; The ape is dead, and I must conjure him.— I conjure thee by Rosaline's bright eyes, By her high forehead and her scarlet lip, That in thy likeness thou appear to us! 20 Benvolio. An if he hear thee, thou wilt anger him. Mercutio. This cannot anger him; 'twould anger him To raise a spirit in his mistress' circle Of some strange nature, letting it there stand Till she had laid it and conjur'd it down. That were some spite; my invocation Is fair and honest, and in his mistress' name I conjure only but to raise up him. Benvolio. Come, he hath hid himself among these trees, To be consorted with the humorous night; 30 Blind is his love and best befits the dark. Mercutio. If love be blind, love cannot hit the mark.— Romeo, good night.—I'll to my truckle-bed; This field-bed is too cold for me to sleep. Come, shall we go? Benvolio.Go, then; for 'tis in vain To seek him here that means not to be found. [Exeunt.