Love, by the authoress of 'Flirtation'. |
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Page 92
... highest authority , ' Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house , lest he be weary of thee , and so hate thee ; ' and sometimes I tremble for fear this should be my case . " " Never , as far as regards me ; so 92 LOVE .
... highest authority , ' Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house , lest he be weary of thee , and so hate thee ; ' and sometimes I tremble for fear this should be my case . " " Never , as far as regards me ; so 92 LOVE .
Page 96
... fear he will be obliged to apply to his uncle , Lord D , and that will , perhaps , make a quarrel between them . Had it not been for my folly , in having at various times advanced this rascal large sums , I could have given Len- nard ...
... fear he will be obliged to apply to his uncle , Lord D , and that will , perhaps , make a quarrel between them . Had it not been for my folly , in having at various times advanced this rascal large sums , I could have given Len- nard ...
Page 153
... fear , Till death unfelt that tender frame destroy , In some soft dream or ecstasy of joy , Peaceful sleep out the sabbath of the tomb , And wake to raptures in a life to come . POPE . THE next day Lady Herbert awoke with a sense of ...
... fear , Till death unfelt that tender frame destroy , In some soft dream or ecstasy of joy , Peaceful sleep out the sabbath of the tomb , And wake to raptures in a life to come . POPE . THE next day Lady Herbert awoke with a sense of ...
Page 161
... fear from her upright principles , and clear , unbiassed judg- ment - but she had every thing to fear from the yielding tenderness of her own heart . There is a peculiar wretchedness in being wretched on a day which for years has been ...
... fear from her upright principles , and clear , unbiassed judg- ment - but she had every thing to fear from the yielding tenderness of her own heart . There is a peculiar wretchedness in being wretched on a day which for years has been ...
Page 179
... fears of she knew not what distracted her . Jealousy is perhaps never more actively tormenting , than when it has no object whereon to fix suspicion ; it is the restless demon which hurls its victim from one degree of suffering to ...
... fears of she knew not what distracted her . Jealousy is perhaps never more actively tormenting , than when it has no object whereon to fix suspicion ; it is the restless demon which hurls its victim from one degree of suffering to ...
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Page 71 - Love not me for comely grace, For my pleasing eye or face, Nor for any outward part, No, nor for my constant heart, — For those may fail, or turn to ill, So thou and I shall sever : Keep therefore a true woman's eye, And love me still, but know not why—- So hast thou the same reason still To doat upon me ever ! Anon.
Page 144 - All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
Page 317 - Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove: O, no ! it is an ever-fixed mark, That looks on tempests and is never shaken; It is the star to every wandering bark, Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken. Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks Within his bending sickle's compass come; Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, But bears it out even to the edge of...
Page 254 - No longer mourn for me when I am dead, Than you shall hear the surly sullen bell Give warning to the world that I am fled From this vile world, with vilest worms to dwell: Nay, if you read this line, remember not The hand that writ it; for I love you so, That I in your sweet thoughts would be forgot, If thinking on me then should make you woe.
Page 246 - What though, in solemn silence, all Move round the dark terrestrial ball; What though no real voice nor sound Amid their radiant orbs be found; In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice, For ever singing as they shine, The hand that made us is divine.
Page 30 - This may be well. But what if God have seen, And death ensue ? then I shall be no more ! And Adam, wedded to another Eve, Shall live with her enjoying, I extinct : A death to think ! Confirm'd then I resolve, Adam shall share with me in bliss or woe.
Page 68 - In the corrupted currents of this world Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice, And oft 'tis seen the wicked prize itself Buys out the law : but 'tis not so above ; ' There is no shuffling, there the action lies In his true nature, and we ourselves compell'd, Even to the teeth and forehead of our faults, To give in evidence.
Page 2 - Time ! the beautifier of the dead, Adorner of the ruin, comforter And only healer when the heart hath bled — Time ! the corrector where our judgments err, The test of truth, love, — sole philosopher, For all beside are sophists, from thy thrift, Which never loses though it doth defer — Time, the avenger ! unto thee I lift My hands, and eyes, and heart, and crave of thee a gift ; CXXXI.
Page 215 - Neither was it mine adversary that did magnify himself against me; for then peradventure I would have hid myself from him : 14 But it was even thou, my companion, my guide, and mine own familiar friend.