Mysterious love, uncertain treasure,
Hast thou more of pain or pleasure!
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Mysterious love, uncertain treasure,
Hast thou more of pain or pleasure!
. . . .
Endless torments dwell above thee:
Yet who would live, and live without thee!

I seek for one as fair and gay,
But find none to remind me,
How blest the read more

I seek for one as fair and gay,
But find none to remind me,
How blest the hours pass'd away
With the girl I left behind me.

Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults of those beloved. He has read more

Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults of those beloved. He has wings, he comes quickly and flies away the same.

Love is the silent saying and saying of a single name.

Love is the silent saying and saying of a single name.

Love is suffering. One side always loves more.

Love is suffering. One side always loves more.

Let no one who loves be unhappy, even love unreturned has its rainbow.

Let no one who loves be unhappy, even love unreturned has its rainbow.

All the commandments: You shall not commit adultery, you shall not kill, you shall not steal, you shall not covet, read more

All the commandments: You shall not commit adultery, you shall not kill, you shall not steal, you shall not covet, and so on, are summed up in this single command: You must love your neighbor as yourself.

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

The heart has its reasons which the mind cannot comprehend.

The heart has its reasons which the mind cannot comprehend.