May 8.

May 9.

Thus let me hold thee to my heart,
And every care resign;
And shall we never, never part,
My life my all that's mine!

Goldsmith.

Her toilet shines with plate emboss'd-
What sums her lace and linen cost!

May 11.

The Barber.

Were I of all these woods the lord,
One berry from her hand

More real pleasure would afford
Than all my large command.

Sir Charles Sedley.

This thou perceiv'st, which makes thy love more strong, To love that well which thou must leave ere long.

May 12.

I found in her presence a joy untold,
I found to her love no end;

Shakespeare.

For, gentle to soothe and strong to uphold,
She was counsellor, wife, and friend.

E. Courtenay.

The "wealth of the mind" is all other above,
The richest of treasures is Conjugal Love.

R. S. Sharpe.

May II.

May 12.

Then, Lovers, doom'd to life or death,
Shun moonlight, twilight, lanes, and bats,
Lest you should have in self-same breath
To bless your fate-and curse the gnats.

Hood.

Does she love me? I ask you. Not a whit. Robert Browning.

May 14.

Alas! how light a cause may move;
Dissension between hearts that love-
Hearts that the world in vain had tried,
And sorrow but more closely tied.

Moore

(Lalla Rookh)

Of honey and of gall in love there is store-
The honey is much, but the gall is more.

But, ah! too soon his thoughtless breast
By cares domestic is oppressed,

And a third butcher's bill and brewing
Threaten inevitable ruin.

T. Warton.

'Look, what is done cannot be now amended.

Shakespeare

(King Richard III.).

May 14.

May 15.