True love's the gift which God has given To man alone beneath the heaven : It is not fantasy's hot fire, Whose wishes, soon as granted, fly; It liveth not in fierce desire, With dead desire it doth not die ; It is the secret sympathy, The silver link,... The Lay of the Last Minstrel: A Poem - Page 152by Walter Scott - 1807 - 340 pagesFull view - About this book
| David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1806 - 788 pages
...heaven is love. P. 54. While upon this subject, we cannot resist transcribing these beautiful lines. — True love's the gift which God has "given To man alone...hot fire, Whose wishes, soon as granted, fly ¡ It Hveih not in fierre desire, In dead desire it doth not die ; It is the secret sympathy, The silver... | |
| Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1806 - 796 pages
...subject, we cannot resist transcribing these beautiful lines. — True love's the gift which God ha» given To man alone beneath the heaven. It is not Fantasy's hot fire, AVliose wishes, soon as grunted, fly ; It liveth not in fierce desire, In dead desire it doth not die... | |
| Liber - 1809 - 372 pages
...the trouble of composing a long treatise on the beautiful. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary, v. 1. TRUE love's the gift which God has given To man alone beneath the heaven. It is not Phantasy's hot fire, Whose wishes, soon as granted, fly ; It liveth not in fierce desire, Wkh dead... | |
| Evan Jones - 1810 - 176 pages
...affections. i CHAP. IV. True love's the gift which God hath giv'n,. To man alone beneath the heav'n ; It is not fantasy's hot fire, Whose wishes soon as...in fierce desire, With dead desire it doth not die, . Stott'sLuy. VAUGHAN, a powerful Cambrian chief, had, sincev the subjection, been a constant attendant... | |
| James Plumptre - 1811 - 486 pages
...men below, and saints above ; >r love is heaven, and heaven is love. IV. TRUE LOVE. FROM THE SAME. TRUE Love's the gift which God has given To man alone...secret sympathy, . * The silver link, the silken tie, Which heart to heart, and mind to mind, In body and in soul can bind. * V. THE BREATH OF LOVE. From... | |
| Edward Lysaght - 1811 - 164 pages
...been best pourtrayed in the following beautiful passage, by an estimated Poet of the present day : " True love's the gift which God has given To man alone...desire, With dead desire it doth not die^ it is the sacred sympathy, The silver link, the silken tie, Which heart to heart, and mind to mind, In, body... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1812 - 362 pages
...Disgrace, and loss of fame. But earthly spirit' could not tell The heart of them that loved so well. True love's the gift which God has given To man alone...secret sympathy, The silver link, the silken tie, Which heart to heart, and mind to mind, In body and in soul can bind. — Now leave we Margaret and... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1813 - 366 pages
...Disgrace, and loss of fame. But earthly spirit could not tell The heart of them that loved so well. True love's the gift which God has given To man alone...secret sympathy, The silver link, the silken tie, Which heart to heart, and mind to mind, In body and in soul can bind.— Now leave we Margaret and... | |
| 1830 - 604 pages
...heart ; True love demands the hetter grace, The spell that links no more to part. It is not phantasy's hot fire, Whose wishes, soon as granted, fly , It liveth not in live desire, With dead desire it does not die. It is that secret hond of love, Which heart to heart,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1819 - 322 pages
...The heart of them that loved so well. True love's the gift which God has given To man alone heneath the heaven. It is not fantasy's hot fire, Whose wishes,...secret sympathy, The silver link, the silken tie, \ Which heart to heart, and mind to mind, In hody and in soul can hind. — Now leave we Margaret and... | |
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