Kiss me with rain on your eyelashes, come on, let us sway together, under the trees, and to hell with thunder.
Interpretation
This quote expresses a deep romantic longing to connect intimately with someone amidst nature's elements.
In this quote, Edwin Morgan evokes a vivid image of a romantic encounter where the beauty of nature enhances the emotions of love. The reference to being kissed by rain symbolizes a desire for passionate connection, while the invitation to sway together under the trees suggests a shared experience that transcends challenges, such as the 'thunder' that represents life's obstacles. It captures the essence of love being powerful enough to make one disregard the turmoil around them.
In practice
This quote would be perfect for a wedding toast to celebrate romantic love.
When you go, if you go, And I should want to die, there's nothing I'd be saved by more than the time you fell asleep in my arms in a trust so gentle I let the darkening room drink up the evening, till rest, or the new rain lightly roused you awake. I asked if you heard the rain in your dream and half dreaming still you only said, I love you.
Love is a smoke rais'd with the fume of sighs; being purg'd, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes; being vex'd, a sea nourish'd with lovers' tears; what is it else? A madness most discreet, a choking gall, and a preserving sweet.
I am a princess. All girls are. Even if they live in tiny old attics. Even if they dress in rags, even if they aren’t pretty, or smart, or young. They’re still princesses.
Love is a state of Being. Your love is not outside; it is deep within you. You can never lose it, and it cannot leave you. It is not dependent on some other body, some external form.
Yes, that's right... love should come before logic ... Only then will man come to understand the meaning of life.
I belong to no religion. My religion is love. Every heart is my temple.
Never's just the echo of forever, lonesome as a love that might have been. Let me go on lovin' and believin' 'til it's over. Please don't tell me how the story ends.
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