JULIET: By whose direction found’st thou out this place?
ROMEO: By love, who first did prompt me to inquire;
He lent me counsel and I lent him eyes.
– William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet, Act, Scene 2. When Juliet asks Romeo who told him how to find her bedroom, he says that love has guided him there. Love is personified by Romeo, who says that it helped him look for Juliet, while he lent eyes to love so that he could see Juliet – love is often said to be blind. Romeo has no free choice in the matter and has to be there because he is controlled by love.