I hate the day, because it lendeth light_x000D_ _x000D_ To see all things, but not my love to see.
Interpretation
The speaker expresses frustration that daylight reveals everything except the love they yearn for.
In this quote, Edmund Spenser laments that the brightness of day exposes all aspects of life, yet it does not allow him to be with or see the person he loves. This contrast highlights a sense of longing and sorrow, as the joys of daylight are overshadowed by the absence of his beloved, suggesting that love is his true desire and source of happiness.
In practice
This quote could be used in a Valentine's Day card to express deep feelings of longing.
But O the exceeding grace_x000D_ Of highest God, that loves his creatures so,_x000D_ And all his works with mercy doth embrace,_x000D_ That blessed angels, he sends to and fro,_x000D_ To serve to wicked man, to serve his wicked foe.
The noblest mind the best contentment has
What though the sea with waves continuall Doe eate the earth, it is no more at all ; Ne is the earth the lesse, or loseth ought : For whatsoever from one place doth fall Is with the tyde unto another brought : For there is nothing lost, that may be found if sought.
No daintie flowre or herbe that growes on grownd, No arborett with painted blossoms drest And smelling sweete, but there it might be fownd To bud out faire, and throwe her sweete smels al arownd.
For of the soule the bodie forme doth take; _x000D_ For the soule is forme, and doth the bodie make.
I was promised on a time - to have reason for my rhyme; From that time unto this season, I received nor rhyme nor reason.
So if we love someone, we should train in being able to listen. By listening with calm and understanding, we can ease the suffering of another person. [True Love. A Practice for Awakening the Heart.]
To state the obvious, romantic comedies have to be funny and they have to be romantic. But one of the most important things, for me anyway, is that they be about two strong people finding their way to love.
If you find that thing you love, it doesn't necessarily matter whether you do it well or not-you just need to do it.
Love in a hut, with water and a crust,_x000D_ _x000D_ Is - Love, forgive us! - cinders, ashes, dust.
And you're sorry that the ephemeral beauty has faded so rapidly, so irretrievably, that it flashed so deceptively and pointlessly before your eyes - you're sorry, for you didn't even have time to fall in love.
Posting a letter and getting married [sic] are among the few things left that are entirely romantic; for to be entirely romantic, a thing must be irrevocable
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