Love first invented verse, and formed the rhyme,
The motion measured, harmonized the chime.
Cymon and Iphigenia. J. DRYDEN.
And you must love him, ere to you
He will seem worthy of your love.
A Poet's Epitaph. W. WORDSWORTH.
None without hope e'er loved the brightest fair,
But love can hope where reason would despair.
Epigram. GEORGE, LORD LYTTELTON.
LOVE'S BLINDNESS.
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.
Midsummer Night's Dream, Act i. Sc. 1. SHAKESPEARE.
None ever loved but at first sight they loved.
Blind Beggar of Alexandria. G. CHAPMAN.
We only love where fate ordains we should,
And, blindly fond, oft slight superior merit.
Fall of Saguntum. PH. FROWDE.
But love is blind, and lovers cannot see
The pretty follies that themselves commit.
Merchant of Venice, Act ii. Sc. 6. SHAKESPEARE.
LOVE'S DANGERS.
And when once the young heart of a maiden is stolen,
The maiden herself will steal after it soon.
Ill Omens. T. MOORE.