
“In her first passion, a woman loves her lover, in all the others all she loves is love.”
Arthur's commentary
The Nemesis of Faith (1849)
“In her first passion, a woman loves her lover, in all the others all she loves is love.”
Sermon VII : Outward and Inward Morality
Meister Eckhart’s Sermons (1909)
Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?, written by Bryan Adams, Mutt Lange, and Michael Kamen
Song lyrics, 18 til I Die (1996)
"The pool", p. 123
Short Stories, Collected short stories 1
“I once loved a woman, a child I am told
I gave her my heart but she wanted my soul.”
Song lyrics, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963), Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
Canto I, Stanza 6; this can be compared to: "The bloom of young Desire and purple light of Love", Thomas Gray, The Progress of Poesy I. 3, line 16; also: "Oh, could you view the melody / Of every grace / And music of her face", Richard Lovelace, Orpheus to Beasts; "There is music in the beauty, and the silent note which Cupid strikes, far sweeter than the sound of an instrument", Thomas Browne, Religio Medici, Part ii, Section ix.
The Bride of Abydos (1813)