Quotation by Shakespeare

She will not stay the siege of loving terms,
Nor bide the encounter of assailing eyes,
Nor ope her lap to saint-seducing gold.
William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Romeo, in Romeo and Juliet, act 1, sc. 1, l. 212-4.

Speaking of Rosaline, who rejects his advances.
Surprise me with a
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