 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,...  Conversation; or, Shades of difference - Page 106by Heron - 1821Full view - About this book
 | Jean Froissart - Great Britain - 1847 - 378 pages
...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 tie, Which heart to heart, and mind to mind In body and in soul can bind." (1) And though some may cavil at the romance by which love... | |
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1848 - 772 pages
...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 tie, Which heart to heart, and mind to mind, In body and in soul can bind. — Now leave we Margaret and her Knight, To tell you of... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1848 - 566 pages
...and more than that, they speak to a feeling predominant in human nature — omnipotent love ! * * * " The secret sympathy, The silver link, the silken tie, Which heart to heart, and mind to mind, In body and in soul are bound." Telling of sentimental damsels and gallant youths, Or,... | |
 | John Struthers - English Poetry - 1850 - 320 pages
...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 tie, Which heart to heart, and mind to mind, In body and in soul can bind." SIR WALTEK SCOTT. The young man, in the meantime, laid... | |
 | Cortlandt Van Rensselaer - Church and education - 1850 - 814 pages
...The following, by Scott, is the best definition of matrimonial love with which we are acquainted : "True Love's the gift which God hath given, To man alone beneath the heaven. It is not fantasy's hot fire, Whose wishes, soon as granted, fly ; * This is a subject of the highest moment... | |
 | Lady of Rhode Island - Gift books - 1850 - 158 pages
...a future judgment may never be banished from my recollection." — DICK. THE LADIES OF LLANGOLLEN. 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.— SCOTT. THERE are few who have not heard of the Ladies... | |
 | Mrs. J. Thayer - Gift books - 1853 - 144 pages
...forth, and melt together into a divine harmony. Miss BREMEB. Love. Love Is the gift which God hath giTen To man alone beneath the heaven. It is the secret sympathy The silver link, the silken He, Which heart to heart, and mind to mind, In body and in soul can bind. SIR WALTER SCOTT. Parting1.... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - Quotations, English - 1853 - 442 pages
...life, nor hate ; but what thou livest, Live well ; how long or short permit to heaven. Milton. LOVE. True love's the gift which God hath given, To man alone beneath the heaven. The silver link, the silken tie, Which heart to heart, and mind to mind, In body and in soul can bind.... | |
 | Millicent (fict.name.) - 1855 - 320 pages
...earthly spirit could not tell 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...silver link, the silken tie, Which heart to heart, and mind to mind, In body and in soul can bind. SIE WALTER SCOTT. WINTER had set in at Heather ton, and... | |
 | American poetry - 1855 - 248 pages
...formed the whole, A glory circling round the soul ! LOVE. SCOTT. Love is a gift which God hath givc;i To man alone beneath the heaven. It is the secret...silver link, the silken tie, Which heart to heart, and mind to mind In body and in soul can bind. FEW NOBLE.' BOWE. How few like thee, inquire the wretched... | |
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