With every morn his love grew tenderer, Keats (Isabella). It hath been truly said by some wise man Longfellow February 17. (The Spanish Student). That neck not a swan could excel in its grace, While in whiteness it vied with your arms; Though now a grave 'kerchief you properly place To conceal that scrag-end of your charms. Hood. Oh! flatter me! for love delights in praises. Shakespeare (Two Gentlemen of Verona). February 18. What I do And what I dream include thee, as the wine Must taste of its own grapes; and when I sue God for myself, He hears that name of thine, And sees within my eyes the tears of two. E. B. Browning. There is a love that is to last W. S. Landor. Oh, my soul's joy, and dost thou wish, as now, That evermore our love burn strong and clear? Ye gods! grant she be faithful to her vow, And that 'tis uttered from a heart sincere. Horace. Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, February 20. Without the help of art, Sir Walter Scott. Like flow'rs which grace the wild, Whene'er she looked or smiled. Allan Ramsay. How delicate the married life- February 21. Whitehead. Never was lady on earth more true as woman and wife, Larger in judgment and instinct, prouder in manners and life. E. B. Browning. And if I lose thy love I lose my all. Pope. When will you dine at home, my dove? "When cook can make an omelette, love, An omelette like the Clubs!" Hood. There's nothing in this world so sweet as love. Longfellow February 23. (The Spanish Student). There did we sit, beneath th' o'ershadowing tree, F. Kazinezi, trans. B. Bowring. No, Music, thou art not the God of Love! February 24. Yes, love is ever busy with his shuttle, Shelley. Bright, gorgeous flowers and scenes Arcadian ; In never-ending vistas of delight. Longfellow (The Spanish Student). Eternal love let man, then, never swear. Young. |