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 - Side 89af Walter Scott - 1811 - 232 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
| David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1806 - 788 sider
...transcribing these beautiful lines. — 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 Hveih not in fierre desire, In dead desire it doth not die ; It is the secret sympathy, The silver... | |
| Liber - 1809 - 372 sider
...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 desire it doth not die; It is the secret sympathy, The silver lmk, the silken... | |
| Evan Jones - 1810 - 176 sider
...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 granted fly : It liveth not in fierce desire, With dead desire it doth not die, . Stott'sLuy. VAUGHAN, a powerful Cambrian chief,... | |
| James Plumptre - 1811 - 486 sider
...is love. IV. TRUE LOVE. FROM THE SAME. 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... | |
| Edward Lysaght - 1811 - 164 sider
...estimated Poet of the present day : " 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 sacred sympathy, The silver link, the silken... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1812 - 362 sider
...The heart of them that loved so well. 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 silken... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1813 - 366 sider
...The heart of them that loved so well. 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 silken... | |
| 1830 - 604 sider
...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 sider
...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 heneath the heaven. It...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 silken... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 272 sider
...The heart of them that loved so well. 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 silken... | |
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