How we cite our quotes: (Line)
Quote #4
And true plain hearts do in the faces rest (16)
There's Sarah, plain and tall, who lived on the plains once she moved out west, and then there's hearts, true and plain, that live in faces. Following this? These hearts aren't bad-looking; they're just honest and open. In fact, they're so honest and open that they can be read directly from someone's expression. If you're in love, it's written all over your face!
Quote #5
Where can we find two better hemispheres,
Without sharp north, without declining west? (17-18)
In this geographic conceit, the speaker describes a couple as a whole made up of two hemispheres. But love one-ups the actual earth by deleting all the less-than-awesome stuff. Arctic circle? Who needs it? (It's melting anyway.) How about stuff out west? Sunsets make get us all sentimental, but really they're just the beginning of night—darkness, nightmares, shops closed. Love makes a perfect world by editing out the coldness (the north) and the darkness (the west).
Quote #6
If our two loves be one, or, thou and I
Love so alike, that none do slacken, none can die (20-21)
So love makes people into worlds and contracts vast amounts of space into a 300-square-foot bedroom. It's pretty boss, no question. But things get seriously awesome in the final two lines. Here the speaker claims that perfect love—the kind that's balanced, mutual, and honest—will never weaken and never die. Yep, it's immortal.