He will hold thee, when his passion shall have spent its novel force, Something better than his dog, a little dearer than his horse.
Interpretation
The quote suggests that love can fade over time, but true affection for someone transcends fleeting passions.
In this quote, Tennyson reflects on the nature of love and passion, highlighting that while initial romantic fervor may decline, genuine care and deeper connections endure. He implies that in the end, the bond formed with a loved one is far more valuable than mere transient desires or attachments to animals, suggesting that true love is enriched by time and understanding rather than just impulsive feelings.
In practice
This quote can be used in a wedding speech to emphasize the enduring nature of love.
Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark! And may there be no sadness of farewell, When I embark; For though from out our bourne of Time and Place The flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face When I have crossed the bar.
How many a father have I seen, A sober man, among his boys, Whose youth was full of foolish noise.
O Love! what hours were thine and mine, In lands of palm and southern pine; In lands of palm, of orange-blossom, Of olive, aloe, and maize and vine!
Earth is dry to the centre,_x000D_ But spring, a new comer,_x000D_ A spring rich and strange,_x000D_ Shall make the winds blow_x000D_ Round and round,_x000D_ Thro' and thro',_x000D_ Here and there,_x000D_ Till the air_x000D_ And the ground_x000D_ Shall be fill'd with life anew.
O love, O fire! once he drew With one long kiss my whole soul through My lips, as sunlight drinketh dew.
But thy strong Hours indignant work’d their wills, And beat me down and marr’d and wasted me, And tho’ they could not end me, left me maim’d To dwell in presence of immortal youth, Immortal age beside immortal youth, And all I was, in ashes. - Tithonus
Lovers communicate not inside sentences, but between them. Passion lurks within interstice. It is grouting rather than bricks.
I dreamt my lady came and found me dead . . . . . . . . . . . . And breathed such life with kisses in my lips That I revived and was an emperor.
It is as absurd to say that a man can't love one woman all the time as it is to say that a violinist needs several violins to play the same piece of music.
Catelyn wanted to run to him, to kiss his sweet brow, to wrap him in her arms so tightly that he would never come to harm.
The first magic of love is our ignorance that it can ever end.
This maiden she lived with no other thought_x000D_ _x000D_ Than to love and be loved by me.
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