Lovers eminent in love Ever diversities combine; The vocal chords of the cushat-dove, The snake's articulated spine. Such elective elements Educate the eye and lip With one's refreshing innocence, The other's claim to scholarship. The serpent's knowledge of the world Learn, and the dove's more naïve charm; Whether your ringlets should be curled, And why he likes his claret warm.
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'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.
'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.
The eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there ought to be as many for read more
The eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there ought to be as many for love.
We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love.
We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love.
The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.
The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.
Sometimes, two people have to fall apart to realize how much they need to fall back together.
Sometimes, two people have to fall apart to realize how much they need to fall back together.
Ah, love, let us be true
To one another! for the world, which seems
To lie before read more
Ah, love, let us be true
To one another! for the world, which seems
To lie before us like a land of dreams,
So various, so beautiful, so new,
Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light,
Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain.
Love is like the measles; we all have to go through it.
Love is like the measles; we all have to go through it.
The pain of love is the pain of being alive. It is a perpetual wound.
The pain of love is the pain of being alive. It is a perpetual wound.
Love, work and knowledge are the wellsprings of our lives, they should also govern it.
Love, work and knowledge are the wellsprings of our lives, they should also govern it.
