Virtue of Absence.
As the storm which bruises the flower nourishes the tree, so absence, which starves a weak affection, strengthens a strong one.
Overstrained Feeling.
Strain the Bow, and the arrow swerves; such is the case with the mind.
The Essex Ring.
Lines written by Buchanan, in the year 1564, and sent by Mary Queen of Scotland, with a diamond ring, to Elizabeth Queen of England.
This Gem, behold, the emblem of my heart,