Olivia center stage, Viola hidden
Olivia
Viola, O Viola, O my heart,
Is pain'd whene'er I see you as you are.
And I as I and not as someone else,
For love we two are too two and the same
Viola
I pity that she feels a thing so strong
And that she does not seem to understand
Cesario the mask was whom she lov'd
The two of us have fus'd within her head
And she cannot discern the truth of them
I wish she saw my brother was for her
Olivia
Imagine us together now and see,
Without the ugliness of your disguise
Which was the only part which bade me pause
I know you are not one whom I can know
O sweet, to know you further than I do
To know her as my first and only one
Know Biblic'lly and biblic'lly do sin
Viola
She bids a redness come up to mine cheeks
Olivia
I thought you wore a man because you were
Of my kind, who could never love of men
And you looked for that love of girl instead
Which I would have, t'were I a less meek sort
My heart skips more beats than a novice band
When I imagine us entwined at last
Viola
And yet the way the way you rub thy dainty hand
Makes mine proceed to beat so far-too-fast
Olivia
I never could have dreamed your perfect face
Your eyes and smile so much like perfection
And though your male lies failed to fall in place
I saw sincere your flirting inflection
Viola
I've heard of this, of romance with no man
T'would be just rose without it, just be love
Imagine if it all could go as planned
Without men's temper, peaceful as a dove
Olivia
A love without a cruelty or strife
Olivia Exits, Viola comes from hiding
Viola
O that we'd met within a different life
Viola Exits