Valentino - the two gentlemen of Verona (Shakespeare)

" And why not death rather than living torment?

To die is to be banished from myself,

And Sylvia is myself ; banished from her,

Is self from self - a deadly banhishment.

What light is light, if Sylvia be not seen ?

What joy is joy, if Sylvia be not by?

Unless it be to think that she is by,

and feed upon the shadow of perfection.

Except I be by Sylvia in the night,

There is no music in the nightingale ;

Unless I look on Sylvia in the day,

There is no day for me to look upon.

She is my essence, and I leave to be,

If I be not by her fair influence

Fostered, illumined, cherished, kept alive."