"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."

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

"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."

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

"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."

"Cupid "the little greatest enemy.""

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Soft is the breath of a maiden's Yes: Not the light gossamer stirs with less; But never a cable that holds so fast Through all the battles of wave and blast."

"Sing, for faith and hope are high— None so true as you and I— Sing the Lovers' Litany: "Love like ours can never die!""

"The lover in the husband may be lost."

"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."

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

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

"Und Lust und Liebe sind die Fittige zu grossen Thaten."

"Not from the whole wide world I chose thee, Sweetheart, light of the land and the sea! The wide, wide world could not inclose thee, For thou art the whole wide world to me."

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

"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."

": Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds."

"Love, then, hath every bliss in store; 'Tis friendship, and 'tis something more. Each other every wish they give; Not to know love is not to live."

"Love is the tyrant of the heart; it darkens Reason, confounds discretion; deaf to Counsel It runs a headlong course to desperate madness."

"I saw and loved."

"He is not a lover who does not love for ever."

"Venus, thy eternal sway All the race of men obey."

"Wedded love is founded on esteem."

"I love her doubling and anguish; I love the love she withholds, I love my love that loveth her, And anew her being moulds."

"In einem Augenblick gewährt die Liebe Was Mühe kaum in langer Zeit erreicht."