When the devout religion of mine eye
Maintains such falsehood, then turn tears to fires;
And these, who often drown’d could never die,
Transparent heretics, be burnt for liars!
One fairer than my love! the all-seeing sun
Ne’er saw her match since first the world begun.
– William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet, Act 1, Scene 2. Romeo uses vivid religious metaphors and hyperbole as he counters Benvolio’s suggestion that looking at another woman will make him forget all about Rosaline. Romeo says how his eyes worship Rosaline, and if he lied his tears would turn into fire and be burnt at the stake as heretics. He shows himself to be rather shallow here, valuing Rosaline’s physical beauty above all else.