10 quotes
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)
Who to a woman trusts his peace of mind,
Trusts a frail bark, with a tempestuous wind.
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)
She will, and she will not, she grants, denies,
Consents, retracts, advances, and then flies.
The British Enchanters (1705)
Providence, not niggardly, but wise,
Here lavishly bestows, and there denies,
That by each other's virtues we may rise.
The British Enchanters (1705)
Shall Nature, erring from her first command,
Self-preservation, fall by her own hand?
The British Enchanters (1705)
Our present joy is sweeter by past pain,
To love and heav'n, by suff'ring we attain.
The British Enchanters (1705)
You'd see, cou'd you her inward motions watch,
Feigning delay, she wishes for dispatch;
Into a woman's meaning wou'd you look,
Then read her backward.
The British Enchanters (1705)