
"Lines Written in Kensington Gardens" (1852), st. 10
Maxim 790
Sentences, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave
"Lines Written in Kensington Gardens" (1852), st. 10
“Those two fatal words, Mine and Thine.”
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part I, Book II, Ch. 3.
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 44.
“Instruct thine eyes to keep their colours true,
And tell thy soul, their roots are left in mine.”
No. LXIV
Sonnets from the Portuguese (1850)
Context: Here's ivy! — take them, as I used to do
Thy flowers, and keep them where they shall not pine.
Instruct thine eyes to keep their colours true,
And tell thy soul, their roots are left in mine.
Song, To Celia, lines 1-16; this poem was inspired by "Letter XXIV" of Philostratus, which in translation reads: "Drink to me with your eyes alone…. And if you will, take the cup to your lips and fill it with kisses, and give it so to me".
The Works of Ben Jonson, First Folio (1616), The Forest
Context: Drink to me only with thine eyes,
And I will pledge with mine;
Or leave a kiss but in the cup
And I'll not look for wine.
The thirst that from the soul doth rise
Doth ask a drink divine;
But might I of Jove's nectar sup,
I would not change for thine.
I sent thee late a rosy wreath,
Not so much honoring thee
As giving it a hope that there
It could not withered be.
But thou thereon didst only breathe,
And sent'st it back to me;
Since when it grows and smells, I swear,
Not of itself, but thee.
The Temple (1633), The Church Porch
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 610.
Tulsidas in "A Garden of Deeds: Ramacharitmanas, a Message of Human Ethics", p. 36