Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) English poet and novelist
(13th November 1824) The Decision of the Flower
The London Literary Gazette, 1824
Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) English poet and novelist
(13th November 1824) The Decision of the Flower
The London Literary Gazette, 1824
George Eliot (1819–1880) English novelist, journalist and translator
The face bent over him like silver night
In long-remembered summers; that calm light
Of days which shine in firmaments of thought,
That past unchangeable, from change still wrought.
The Legend of Jubal (1869)
“Love me tender, love me sweet,
Never let me go.”
Elvis Presley (1935–1977) American singer and actor
"Love Me Tender" (1956), the lyrics of this song are credited to Presley and co-writer Vera Matson, but were primarily written by Matson's husband, Ken Darby, who when asked why he credited his wife as co-writer with Presley replied "Because she didn't write it either."
Disputed
“For which of my bad parts didst thou first fall in love with me?”
William Shakespeare book Much Ado About Nothing
Source: Much Ado About Nothing
“But love me for love's sake, that evermore
Thou may'st love on, through love's eternity”
Elizabeth Barrett Browning book Sonnets from the Portuguese
No. XIV
Sonnets from the Portuguese (1850)
Context: If thou must love me, let it be for nought
Except for love's sake only. Do not say
"I love her for her smile —her look —her way
Of speaking gently,—for a trick of thought
That falls in well with mine, and certes brought
A sense of pleasant ease on such a day" -
For these things in themselves, Beloved, may
Be changed, or change for thee,—and love, so wrought,
May be unwrought so. Neither love me for
Thine own dear pity's wiping my cheeks dry,—
A creature might forget to weep, who bore
Thy comfort long, and lose thy love thereby!
But love me for love's sake, that evermore
Thou may'st love on, through love's eternity.
“I think part of me was born loving you.”
Shiloh Walker (1950) American writer
“If thou must love me, let it be for nought
Except for love's sake only.”
Elizabeth Barrett Browning book Sonnets from the Portuguese
No. XIV
Source: Sonnets from the Portuguese (1850)
Context: If thou must love me, let it be for nought
Except for love's sake only. Do not say
"I love her for her smile —her look —her way
Of speaking gently,—for a trick of thought
That falls in well with mine, and certes brought
A sense of pleasant ease on such a day" -
For these things in themselves, Beloved, may
Be changed, or change for thee,—and love, so wrought,
May be unwrought so. Neither love me for
Thine own dear pity's wiping my cheeks dry,—
A creature might forget to weep, who bore
Thy comfort long, and lose thy love thereby!
But love me for love's sake, that evermore
Thou may'st love on, through love's eternity.
“Thou wast that all to me, love,
For which my soul did pine —”
Edgar Allan Poe book To One in Paradise
"To One in Paradise", st. 1 (1834).
Context: Thou wast that all to me, love,
For which my soul did pine —
A green isle in the sea, love,
A fountain and a shrine,
All wreathed with fairy fruits and flowers,
And all the flowers were mine.