“An unhappy gentleman, resolving to wed nothing short of perfection, keeps his heart and hand till both get so old and withered that no tolerable woman will accept them.” HeartHandsAcceptingMarriagePerfectionUnhappyGentlemanMatrimonyTolerableWitheredHearts And Hands Book:Mosses from an Old Manse Source: Mosses from an Old Manse
“On me, on me Time and change can heap no more! The painful past with blighting grief Hath left my heart a withered leaf. Time and change can do no more.” HeartPastLeftCan DoGriefMy HeartPainfulLeafsWitheredTime And ChangePainful PastWithered Leaves Author:Richard Henry Horne