My Bounty Is As Boundless As the Sea (William Shakespeare, 1564-1616)



Juliet says to Romeo:
“My bounty is as boundless as the sea,
My love as deep: the more I give to thee
The more I have, for both are infinite.”

Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Sc. 2

Vocabulary: 
bounty: 
1) money paid by a government, esp. formerly, for some special reason (e.g. as a reward for joining the army or catching a criminal) 
2) generosity (the quality of being generous; a generous act)