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 152af Walter Scott - 1807 - 340 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
| William Davidson (B.A.) - 1877 - 240 sider
...daring of the plan which brought on the combat is unparalleled. 3. The complementary nominative : as, True love's the gift which God has given To man alone beneath the heaven. i. The object : — (a) Direct : as, The man approached the lamp which was on the table. (6) Indirect... | |
| Walter Scott - 1877 - 688 sider
...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 beneath the heaveu. It is not fantasy's hot fire, Whose wishes, soon as granted, fly; It liveth not in fierce desire,... | |
| G.W. Carleton & Co - 1878 - 360 sider
...With life all other passions fly, All others are but vanity. — SOUTHEY, The Curse of Kehama. — 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.— SCOTT, Last Minstrel. —... | |
| Kenelm Henry Digby - 1891 - 1138 sider
...could Dot tell The heart of them that loved so well ; True love's the gift \vMch God has given To ninn alone beneath the heaven. It is not fantasy's hot...Whose wishes, soon as granted, fly ; It liveth not iu fierce desire, Wfth dead desire it doth not die ; It is the secfet sympathy, The silver link, ilic... | |
| 1891 - 558 sider
...dies, Mute Nature mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies. — Ibid, Canto v. LOYE. Tme love's the gift which God has given To man alone beneath the heaven: It is not fantasy's hot fire, 242 243 It is the secret sympathy, The silver link, the silken tie, With heart to heart, and mind to... | |
| J. M. Dixon - 1891 - 392 sider
...sow's ear." — C. BEADE. The silken tie — the soft and invisible bonds of love and affection. P. True love's the gift which God has given To man alone beneath the heaven .... It is the secret sympathy, The silver link, the silken tie, Which heart to heart, and mind to mind, In body... | |
| Rita - 1891 - 338 sider
...hand. " My answer is — there ! " I said, touching the ring. CHAPTER IV. MARRIAGE OR MARTYRDOM ? " True love's the gift which God has given To man alone beneath the heaven. " • * * * " It is the sweet sympathy The silver link — the silken tie Which heart to heart and mind to mind In body... | |
| Duchess - 1891 - 328 sider
...face to hers, and as he feels that first glad, eager, kiss returned — he knows ! CHAPTER LIII. " True love's the gift which God has given To man alone beneath the heaven : ...•.. ll is the secret sympathy, The silver link, the silken tie, Which heait to heart and mind... | |
| 1891 - 556 sider
...world -will be in love with night, And pay no worship to the garish sun. Shakespeare. THE GIFT OF GOD. True love's the gift which God has given To man alone beneath the heaven. Scott. HAPPINESS OP. The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved. Victor Hugo.... | |
| P. Garrett - 1892 - 906 sider
...Old Time is still a flying, And this same flower that smiles t" day To-morrow will be dying. Herrict, True love's the gift which God has given To man alone, beneath the heaven. It is the secret sympathy, The silver chord, the silken tie, Which heart to hearl, and mind to mind, In body,... | |
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