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.
When you truly love yourself, you don't have enemies. They may hate you but you're too big to hate them back.
Imagine what the world could be if we were on the offense with love instead of on the defense with hate.
Can't go on singing the same theme, 'cause baby, can't you see, we've got everything going on? Every time you go away, you take a piece of me with you.
Joy is always an integral part of loving. There is joy in every act of life, no matter how menial or repetitive. To work in love is to work in joy. To live in love is to live in joy... Why not choose joy?... Why not live in joy?
Weird love's better than no love at all.
In those days, I didn't understand anything. I should have judged her according to her actions, not her words. She perfumed my planet and lit up my life. I should never have run away! I ought to have realized the tenderness underlying her silly pretensions. Flowers are so contadictory! But I was too young to know how to love her.
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