Amen, amen. But come what sorrow can,It cannot countervail the exchange of joyThat one short minute gives me in her sight.Do thou but close our hands with holy words,Then love-devouring death do what he dare;It is enough I may but call her mine.
Romeo, Juliet, and Friar enter the Church
These violent delights have violent endsAnd in their triumph die, like fire and powder,Which, as they kiss, consume. The sweetest honeyIs loathsome in his own deliciousnessAnd in the taste confounds the appetite.Therefore love moderately. Long love doth so.Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
Romeo and Juliet are about to get married and Friar Lawrence warns them what love can do
Good even to my ghostly confessor.
Here comes the lady. Oh, so light a footWill ne'er wear out the everlasting flint.A lover may bestride the gossamersThat idles in the wanton summer air,And yet not fall. So light is vanity
Romeo knows that love is dangerous but is still willing to marry Juliet. No matter the obstacles that go his way, nothing will ruin his love for Juliet.
Romeo and Juliet do not know how their relationship will end up, but Friar hints to the readers that it will be a bad ending. They are young and ready to get married but their future holds death.
Juliet enters the wedding too quickly, Friar warns them about loving too fast, and right after she comes running in.