Coventry Patmore: Quotes about love

Coventry Patmore was English poet. Explore interesting quotes on love.
Coventry Patmore: 66   quotes 1   like

“Kind souls, you wonder why, love you,
When you, you wonder why, love none.
We love, Fool, for the good we do,
Not that which unto us is done!”

Coventry Patmore

Book I, Canto VI, IV A Riddle Solved.
The Angel In The House (1854)

Love , Fools , Soul

“Love wakes men, once a lifetime each;
They lift their heavy lids, and look;
And, lo, what one sweet page can teach,
They read with joy, then shut the book.”

Coventry Patmore

Book I, Canto VIII, II The Revelation.
The Angel In The House (1854)

Love , Men , Books , Reading

“Strong passions mean weak will, and he
Who truly knows the strength and bliss
Which are in love, will own with me
No passion but a virtue 'tis.”

Coventry Patmore

Book I, Canto III, II Love a Virtue.
The Angel In The House (1854)

Passion , Strong , Love , Making love