“The plough of Time breaks up our Eden-land, And tramples down its fruitful flowery prime. Yet thro' the dust of ages living shoots O' the old immortal seed start in the furrows; And, where Love looked on with glorious eye, These quicken'd germs of everlastingness Flower lusty, as of old in Paradise!” LoveEyeAgeBreakLandFlowerSeedsDustParadiseGloriousImmortalPrimeEdenGerms Book:The Poetical Works of Gerald Massey: Complete in One Volume Source: The Poetical Works of Gerald Massey: Complete in One Volume
“One part of love is innocence One part of love is guilt One part the milk that in a sense Is soured as soon as spilt One part of love is sentiment One part of love is lust One part is the presentiment Of our return to dust” LoveLove IsReturnGuiltLustDustInnocenceSentimentsMilk Author:Clive Barker
“The first promise exchanged by two beings of flesh was at the foot of a rock that was crumbling into dust; they took as witness for their constancy a sky that is not the same for a single instant; everything changed in them and around them, and they believed their hearts free of vicissitudes. O children! always children!” LoveFirstsHeartChildrenTwoTimeChangeFeetSkyRocksChangedPromiseFleshDustWitnessInstantThings ChangeConstancyChildren LoveCrumblingVicissitudes Author:Denis Diderot
“Love sometimes elevates, creates new qualities, suspends the working of evil inclinations; but only for a day. Love, then, is an Oriental despot, whose glance lifts a slave from the dust, and then consigns him to it again.” LoveSometimesEvilQualitySlaveDustLiftsGlancesInclinationDespots Author:Sophie Swetchine