"Let Time and Chance combine, combine! Let Time and Chance combine! The fairest love from heaven above, That love of yours was mine, My Dear! That love of yours was mine."

"Vivamus, mea Lesbia atque amemus."

"Of all the girls that are so smart There's none like pretty Sally; She is the darling of my heart, And lives in our alley."

"Difficile est longum subito deponere amorem."

"My love lies bleeding."

"He that loves a rosy cheek, Or a coral lip admires, Or from star-like eyes doth seek Fuel to maintain his fires, As Old Time makes these decay, So his flames must waste away."

"I'll bid the hyacinth to blow, I'll teach my grotto green to be; And sing my true love, all below The holly bower and myrtle tree."

": It is difficult at once to relinquish a long-cherished love."

"Before the beginning of years There came to the making of man Time with a gift of tears, Grief with a glass that ran, Pleasure with pain for leaven, Summer with flowers that fell, Remembrance fallen from heaven, And Madness risen from hell, Strength without hands to smite, Love that endures for a breath; Night, the shadow of light, And Life, the shadow of death."

"A mighty pain to love it is, And 'tis a pain that pain to miss; But, of all pains, the greatest pain Is to love, but love in vain."

"When things were as fine as could possibly be I thought 'twas the spring; but alas it was she."

"Love can make you hostage, want to do it again?"

"Then fly betimes, for only they Conquer love, that run away."

"Es ist eine der grössten Himmelsgaben, So ein lieb' Ding im Arm zu haben."

"No matter what you do, if your heart is ever true, And his heart was true to Poll."

"To see her is to love her, And love but her forever; For nature made her what she is, And never made anither!"

"Love thou, and if thy love be deep as mine, Thou wilt not laugh at poets."

"God be thanked, the meanest of his creatures Boasts two soul-sides, one to face the world with, One to show a woman when he loves her."

"Love has no thought of self! Love buys not with the ruthless usurer's gold The loathsome prostitution of a hand Without a heart! Love sacrifices all things To bless the thing it loves!"

"Never the time and the place And the loved one all together."

"The wisest man the warl' e'er saw, He dearly loved the lasses, O."

"Who can fear Too many stars, though each in heaven shall roll— Too many flowers, though each shall crown the year? Say thou dost love me, love me, love me—toll The silver iterance!—only minding, Dear, To love me also in silence, with thy soul."

"Unless you can feel when the song is done No other is sweet in its rhythm; Unless you can feel when left by one That all men else go with him."

"Behold me! I am worthy Of thy loving, for I love thee!"

"The golden hours on angel wings Flew o'er me and my dearie, For dear to me as light and life Was my sweet Highland Mary."

"In your arms was still delight, Quiet as a street at night; And thoughts of you, I do remember, Were green leaves in a darkened chamber, Were dark clouds in a moonless sky."

"For none can express thee, though all should approve thee. I love thee so, Dear, that I only can love thee."

"Much ado there was, God wot; He woold love, and she woold not, She sayd, "Never man was trewe;" He sayes, "None was false to you.""

"I think, am sure, a brother's love exceeds All the world's loves in its unworldliness."

"Love in a shower safe shelter took, In a rosy bower beside a brook, And winked and nodded with conscious pride To his votaries drenched on the other side. Come hither, sweet maids, there's a bridge below, The toll-keeper, Hymen, will let you through. Come over the stream to me."

"Love is like fire. Wounds of fire are hard to bear; harder still are those of love."

"To Chloe's breast young Cupid slily stole, But he crept in at Myra's pocket-hole."

"How many times do I love, again? Tell me how many beads there are In a silver chain Of evening rain Unravelled from the trembling main And threading the eye of a yellow star:— So many times do I love again."

"Mein Herz ich will dich fragen, Was ist denn Liebe, sag? "Zwei Seelen und ein Gedanke, Zwei Herzen und ein Schlag.""

": One sweet, sad secret holds my heart in thrall; A mighty love within my breast has grown, Unseen, unspoken, and of no one known; And of my sweet, who gave it, least of all."

"Le premier soupir de l'amour Est le dernier de la sagesse."

": For 'tis impossible Hate to return with love."

"Somewhere there waiteth in this world of ours For one lone soul another lonely soul, Each choosing each through all the weary hours, And meeting strangely at one sudden goal, Then blend they, like green leaves with golden flowers, Into one beautiful and perfect whole; And life's long night is ended, and the way Lies open onward to eternal day."

"Che amar chi t'odia, ell'è impossibil cosa."

": The first sigh of love is the last of wisdom."

"Truth, like a woman, must be wooed and won - and this is only through the purity of mind and the heart’s deep love."