Florio
Have you no pride, my Lady Violante?
Violante
That I have not,
For shameless is the heart that loves.
Florio
Then shamelessly I love
Another face, another heart and body,
Another soul, unto eternity—
She is all beauty to me, and all life—
So shall she be forever!
Violante
Forever? That is what you swore to me.
Florio
I have not sworn a single oath to her,
And yet she made earth heaven in a day,
And earth continues heaven.... Go, noble Lady!