 True love's the gift which God has given To man alone beneath the heaven : It is not fantasy's hot fire, Whose wishes, soon as granted, fly ; It liveth not in fierce desire, With dead desire it doth not die ; It is the secret sympathy, The silver link,...  The Lay of the Last Minstrel - Page 52by Walter Scott - 1812 - 350 pagesFull view - About this book
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1806 - 788 pages
...transcribing these beautiful lines. — True love's the gift which God has "given To man alone beneath the heaven. It is not Fantasy's hot fire, Whose wishes, soon as granted, fly ¡ It Hveih not in fierre desire, In dead desire it doth not die ; It is the secret sympathy, The silver... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1809 - 358 pages
...Knight, And to the gentle Ladye bright, True love's the gift which God has given To man alone beneath the heaven. It is not fantasy's hot fire, Whose wishes, soon as granted, fly; It liveth not in fierce desire, With dead desire it doth not die ; It is the secret sympathy, The silver link, the silken... | |
 | Liber - Anecdotes - 1809 - 372 pages
...v. 1. TRUE love's the gift which God has given To man alone beneath the heaven. It is not Phantasy's hot fire, Whose wishes, soon as granted, fly ; It liveth not in fierce desire, Wkh dead desire it doth not die; It is the secret sympathy, The silver lmk, the silken... | |
 | Evan Jones - 1810 - 176 pages
...affections. i CHAP. IV. True love's the gift which God hath giv'n,. To man alone beneath the heav'n ; It is not fantasy's hot fire, Whose wishes soon as granted fly : It liveth not in fierce desire, With dead desire it doth not die, . Stott'sLuy. VAUGHAN, a powerful Cambrian chief,... | |
 | Edward Lysaght - Irish poetry - 1811 - 164 pages
...estimated Poet of the present day : " True love's the gift which God has given To man alone beneath the heaven : It is not fantasy's hot fire Whose wishes, soon as granted, fly; it liveth not in fierce desire, With dead desire it doth not die^ it is the sacred sympathy, The silver link, the silken... | |
 | James Plumptre - Songs, English - 1811 - 486 pages
...is love. IV. TRUE LOVE. FROM THE SAME. TRUE Love's the gift which God has given To man alone beneath the heaven. It is not Fantasy's hot fire, Whose wishes', soon as granted, fly; It liveth not in fierce desire, With dead desire it doth not die; It is the secret sympathy, N V. THE BREATH OF LOVE.... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1811 - 456 pages
...And to the gentle Ladye bright, XIII. True love's the gift which God has given To man alone beneath the heaven. It is not fantasy's hot fire, Whose wishes, soon as granted, fly ; It liveth not in fierce desire, With dead desire it .doth not die; It is the secret sympathy, The silver link, the silken... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1813 - 366 pages
...The heart of them that loved so well. True love's the gift which God has given To man alone beneath the heaven. • It is not fantasy's hot fire, Whose wishes, soon as granted, fly; It liveth not in fierce desire, With dead desire it doth not die; It is the secret sympathy, The silver link, the silken... | |
 | 1830 - 604 pages
...heart ; True love demands the hetter grace, The spell that links no more to part. It is not phantasy's hot fire, Whose wishes, soon as granted, fly , It liveth not in live desire, With dead desire it does not die. It is that secret hond of love, Which heart to heart,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1819 - 322 pages
...The heart of them that loved so well. True love's the gift which God has given To man alone heneath the heaven. It is not fantasy's hot fire, Whose wishes, soon as granted, fly ; It liveth not in fierce desire, With dead desire it doth not die ; It is the secret sympathy, The silver link, the silken... | |
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