Love is eternally awake, never tired with labour, nor oppressed with affliction, nor discouraged by fear. Thomas à Kempis.
Love is ever busy with his shuttle, is ever wearing into life's dull warp bright gorgeous flowers and scenes Arcadian. Longfellow.
Love is ever the beginning of knowledge, as 50 fire is of light; and works also more in the manner of fire. Carlyle.
Love is ever the gift, the sacrifice of self. Canon Liddon.
Love is full of unbefitting strains; / All wanton as a child, skipping and vain; / Formed by the eye, and therefore, like the eye, / Full of strange shapes, of habits, and of forms, / Varying in subjects as the eye doth roll / To every varied object in his glance. Love's L. Lost, v. 2.
Love is incompatible with fear. Pub. Syr.
Love is indestructible, / Its holy flame for ever burneth; / From heaven it came, to heaven returneth. Southey.
Love is just another name for the inscrutable presence by which the soul is connected with humanity. Simms.
Love is kin to duty. Lewis Morris.
Love is life's end—an end, but never ending.... 5 Love is life's wealth; ne'er spent, but ever spending.... Love's life's reward, rewarded in rewarding. Spenser.