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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We are never so defenseless against suffering as when we love.
We are never so defenseless against suffering as when we love.
Love, free as air at sight of human ties, Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies.
Love, free as air at sight of human ties, Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies.
To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.
To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.
Sometimes people put up walls, not to keep others out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
Sometimes people put up walls, not to keep others out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.
The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.
I can tell it all in song: pathos, gladness, love, joy, unhappiness.
I can tell it all in song: pathos, gladness, love, joy, unhappiness.
Love matches are made by people who are content, for a month of honey, to condemn themselves to a life read more
Love matches are made by people who are content, for a month of honey, to condemn themselves to a life of vinegar.
Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in read more
Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.
He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals.
He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals.
