If ever – as that ever may be near –
You meet in some fresh cheek the power of
fancy, Then shall you know the wounds invisible That love’s keen arrows make. (29-32)
The word fancy means love in this instance. Phoebe is unacquainted with love, so she does not understand how much internal pain a person feels when that person’s love is unrequited.
Phoebe responds coldly. She tells him that if she ever does feel the pangs of love, she will not want his pity. Further, he will receive no pity from her.
Rosalind (in her disguise as Ganymede) steps forward at this moment and begins to chastise and criticize Phoebe. Rosalind asserts that since Phoebe has neither noble parentage nor great beauty, she should not be so pitiless and dismissive of Silvius. In regards to her lack of beauty, Rosalind remarks, “I see no more in you than without candle may go dark to bed,” (39-40). Rosalind is referring to the simile that great beauty shines brightly like a star or the sun. But Phoebe does not shine brightly on her own: she will still need a candle to help her find her way in the dark. Rosalind further asserts that Phoebe is being excessively and foolishly proud (lines 41 and 46), with the suggestion that her pride will harm herself as much as it harms Silvius.
Although Rosalind is trying to be helpful and bring Silvis and Phoebe together, something