Romeo and Juliet

beauty serve but as a note
             Where I may read who passed the passing fair?
             Farewell. Thou canst not teach me to forget." (I,i,238-246)
             Here, Romeo is saying how much he loves Rosaline, and that he cannot forget about her. However, a couple of scenes later, his love quickly changes:
             "O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!
             It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night
             As a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear -
             Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear.
             So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows
             As yonder lady o'er her follow shows.
             The measure done, I'll watch her place of stand
             And, touching hers, make blessed my rude hand.
             Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight,
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