First to Speak
Ere I could make thee open thy white hand
And clap thyself my love: then didst thou utter ‘I am yours for ever.’
–The Winter’s Tale,
Act I, Scene ii

Ere I could make thee open thy white hand
And clap thyself my love: then didst thou utter ‘I am yours for ever.’
–The Winter’s Tale,
Act I, Scene ii

Thou hast sworn my love to be.
–The Winter’s Tale,
Act IV, Scene iv

When you do dance, I wish you
A wave o’ the sea, that you might ever do
Nothing but that.
–Winter’s Tale,
Act IV, Scene iv

It is required
You do awake your faith.
–Winter’s Tale,
Act V, Scene iii

I love thee not a jar o’ the clock behind.
–The Winter’s Tale,
Act I, Scene ii

I think there is not half a kiss to choose
Who loves another best.
–The Winter’s Tale,
Act IV, Scene iv

I speak as my understanding instructs me
and as mine honesty puts it to utterance.
–The Winter’s Tale,
Act I, Scene i