Oh, gallant was the
first love, and glittering
and fine;
The second love was
water, in a clear white cup;
The third love was
his, and the fourth was mine;
And after that, I always
get them all mixed up.
Dorothy Parker,
Not So Deep As a Well
Ah, when Love comes
his wings are swift;
His ways are full of
quick surprise;
'Tis well for those
who have the gift
To seize him even as
he flies.
Laurence Hope,
The Complete Love Lyrics
Why is Love such sorrowful
thing,
This I never could
understand:
Pain and passion are
linked together,
Ever I find them hand
in hand.
Laurence Hope,
The Complete Love Lyrics
Love's a thing that's
never out of season.
Barry Cornwall
A woman in love is a
very poor judge of character.
J.G. Holland
In dreams and in love
there are no impossibilities.
Janos Arany
You should be more concerned
with being lovely
than being loved.
A. Berggren,
The Lionhearted
Love looks not with
the eyes, but with the mind;
And therefore is winged
Cupid painted blind.
William Shakespeare,
A Midsummer Night's Dream
For aught that i could
ever read,
Could ever hear by
tale or history,
The course of true
love never did run smooth.
William Shakespeare,
A Midsummer Night's Dream
And yet, to say the
truth,
reason and love keep
little company
together now-a-days.
Wiliam Shakespeare,
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Of all the pain, the
greatest pain,
It is to love, but
love in vain.
Abraham Cowley,
Anacreontics
We are all born for
love.It is the principle of
existence, and it's
only end.
Benjamin Disraeli,
Sibyl
God, from a beautiful
necessity, is Love.
Martin Farquhar Tupper,
Of Immortality
In the spring a young
man's fancy lightly
turns to thoughts of
love.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson,
Locksley Hall
Iit's good to be off
wi' the old love
Before ye be on wi'
the new.
Sir Walter Scott,
The Bride of Lammermoor
Love and a red rose
can't be hid.
Thomas Holcroft,
Duplicity
Heaven has no rage like
love to hatred turned,
Nor hell a fury like
a woman scorned.
William Congreve,
the Mourning Bride