Walter Scott Quotes About Love
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In peace, Love tunes the shepherd's reed; In war, he mounts the warrior's steed; In halls, in gay attire is seen; In hamlets, dances on the green. Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above; For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
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The lover's pleasure, like that of the hunter, is in the chase, and the brightest beauty loses half its merit, as the flower its perfume, when the willing hand can reach it too easily. There must be doubt; there must be difficulty and danger.
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For Love will still be lord of all.
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He turn'd his charger as he spake, Upon the river shore, He gave his bridle reins a shake, Said, "Adieu for evermore, my love, And adieu for evermore."
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True love's the gift which God has given To man alone beneath the heaven. It is the secret sympathy, The silver link, the silken tie, Which heart to heart, and mind to mind, In body and in soul can bind.
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Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above: For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
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Her blue eyes sought the west afar, For lovers love the western star.
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So faithful in love, and so dauntless in war, There never was knight like young Lochinvar.
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'Tis an old tale, and often told; But did my fate and wish agree, Ne'er had been read, in story old, Of maiden true betray'd for gold, That loved, or was avenged, like me!
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For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war, Was to wed the fair Ellen of Lochinvar.
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