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.
At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.
I love you because no two snowflakes are alike, and it is possible, if you stand tippy-toe, to walk between the raindrops.
Many who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less of love than the child that lost a dog yesterday.
It must be that I am dreaming, and that I shall awaken in a moment to see that awful knife descending toward my heart- kiss me, dear, just once before I lose my dream forever." -Jane-
We have grown so accustomed to the idea of divine love...that we no longer sense the awe that God's coming should awaken in us.
Love accepts its companion unconditionally and allow each to grow in his or her own way.
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