Whoe'er thou art, thy Lord and master see,
Thou wast my Slave, thou art, or thou shalt be.
George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne on Wedding
1666–1735 England
← All quotes by George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne
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Youth is the proper time for love,
And age is virtue's season.
Poems upon Several Occasions (1712)
Love is a plant of the most tender kind,
That shrinks and shakes with ev'ry ruffling wind.
The British Enchanters (1705)
Marriage the happiest bond of love might be,
If hands were only join'd when hearts agree.
The British Enchanters (1705)
Love is a subject to himself alone,
And knows no other empire than his own.
The British Enchanters (1705)
Of all pains, the greatest pain
Is to love, and love in vain.
The British Enchanters (1705)
Poems upon Several Occasions (1712)
I'll be this abject thing no more,
Love, give me back my heart again.
Poems upon Several Occasions (1712)
Our present joy is sweeter by past pain,
To love and heav'n, by suff'ring we attain.
The British Enchanters (1705)
Poems upon Several Occasions (1712)
There is no heav'n like mutual love.
Poems upon Several Occasions (1712)
Poems upon Several Occasions (1712)
Oh love! thou bane of the most generous souls!
Thou doubtful pleasure! and thou certain pain!
Heroick Love (1702)
Attribution
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