"Is it, in Heav'n, a crime to love too well? To bear too tender or too firm a heart, To act a lover's or a Roman's part? Is there no bright reversion in the sky For those who greatly think, or bravely die?"

"Ich habe genossen das irdische Glück, Ich habe gelebt und geliebt."

"Nec jurare time; Veneris perjuria venti Irrita per terras et freta summa ferunt, Gratia magna Jovi; vetuit pater ipse valere, Jurasset cupide quicquid ineptus amor."

"Bid me to live, and I will live Thy Protestant to be: Or bid me love, and I will give A loving heart to thee, A heart as soft, a heart as kind, A heart as sound and free As in the whole world thou canst find, That heart I'll give to thee."

"There is a lady sweet and kind, Was never face so pleased my mind; I did but see her passing by, And yet I love her till I die."

"Let never man be bold enough to say, Thus, and no farther shall my passion stray: The first crime, past, compels us into more, And guilt grows fate, that was but choice, before."

"No, not Jove Himselfe, at one time, can be wise and love."

"Open your heart and take us in, Love—love and me."

"You say to me-wards your affection's strong; Pray love me little, so you love me long."

"To love is to know the sacrifices which eternity exacts from life."

": It is an ancient story Yet is it ever new."

"Es ist eine alte Geschichte, Doch bleibt sie immer neu."

"And once again we plighted our troth, And titter'd, caress'd, kiss'd so dearly."

"Du bist wie eine Blume, so hold, so schön und rein; Ich shau' dich an und Wehmut schleicht mir ins Herz hinein."

"Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth."

": Oh fair, oh sweet and holy as dew at morning tide, I gaze on thee, and yearnings, sad in my bosom hide."

"Alas! for love, if thou art all, And nought beyond, O earth."

"O, love, love, love! Love is like a dizziness; It winna let a poor body Gang about his biziness!"

"Greensleeves was all my joy, Greensleeves was my delight, Greensleeves was my heart of gold, And who but Lady Greensleeves?"

"Love is a lock that linketh noble minds, Faith is the key that shuts the spring of love."

"The chemist of love Will this perishing mould, Were it made out of mire, Transmute into gold."

"Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes, Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart."

"Whoe'er thou art, thy Lord and master see, Thou wast my Slave, thou art, or thou shalt be."

"O'er her warm cheek, and rising bosom, move The bloom of young Desire and purple light of love."

"Love understands love; it needs no talk."

": If I love you, what business is that of yours?"

"Wenn ich dich lieb habe, was geht's dich an?"

"Thus let me hold thee to my heart, And every care resign: And we shall never, never part, My life—my all that's mine!"

"Man liebt an dem Mädchen was es ist, Und an dem Jüngling was er ankündigt."

": Love grants in a moment What toil can hardly achieve in an age."

": Girls we love for what they are; Young men for what they promise to be."

"As for murmurs, mother, we grumble a little now and then, to be sure; but there's no love lost between us."

"What a sweet reverence is that when a young man deems his mistress a little more than mortal and almost chides himself for longing to bring her close to his heart."

"Cupid "the little greatest enemy.""

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

"I seek for one as fair and gay, But find none to remind me, How blest the hours pass'd away With the girl I left behind me."

": It is one of Heaven's best gifts to hold such a dear creature in one's arms."

"Love, Love, my Love. The best things are the truest! When the earth lies shadowy dark below Oh, then the heavens are bluest!"