=Lord.=

Lord of himself,—­that heritage of woe! 1115 BYRON:  Lara, Canto i., St. 2.

Lord of himself, though not of lands;
And having nothing, yet hath all.
1116
WOTTON:  Character of a Happy Life.

=Loss.=

That loss is common would not make
    My own less bitter—­rather more;
    Too common!  Never morning wore
To evening but some heart did break.
1117
TENNYSON:  In Memoriam, Pt. vi., St. 2.

=Love.=

O, how this spring of love resembleth
The uncertain glory of an April day;
Which now shows all the beauty of the sun,
And by and by a cloud takes all away.
1118
SHAKS.:  Two Gent. of V., Act i., Sc. 3.

Love is a spirit all compact of fire; Not gross to sink, but light, and will aspire. 1119 SHAKS.:  Venus and A., Line 149.

Such is the power of that sweet passion,
That it all sordid baseness doth expel,
And the refined mind doth newly fashion
Unto a fairer form, which now doth dwell
In his high thought, that would itself excel;
Which he, beholding still with constant sight,
Admires the mirror of so heavenly light.
1120
SPENSER:  Hymn in Honor of Love.

How could I tell I should love thee to-day,
  Whom that day I held not dear? 
How could I know I should love thee away
  When I did not love thee anear?
1121
JEAN INGELOW:  Supper at the Mill. Song.

Instruct me now what love will do;
’T will make a tongueless man to woo. 
Inform me next what love will do;
’T will strangely make a one of two. 
Teach me besides what love will do;
’T will quickly mar and make ye too. 
Tell me, now last, what love will do;
’T will hurt and heal a heart pierc’d through.
1122
SIR JOHN SUCKLING:  Aph. of Love.

Love is the only good in the world. 
Henceforth be loved as heart can love,
Or brain devise, or hand approve.
1123
ROBERT BROWNING:  Flight of the Duchess, Pt. xv.

Mutual love brings mutual delight—­ Brings beauty, life; for love is life, hate, death. 1124 R.H.  DANA:  The Dying Raven.

Let those love now, who never loved before, Let those who always loved, now love the more. 1125 PARNELL:  Trans. of Pervigilium Veneris.

Love, well thou know’st, no partnership allows:  Cupid averse rejects divided vows. 1126 PRIOR:  Henry and Emma, Line 590.

And love, life’s fine centre, includes heart and mind. 1127 OWEN MEREDITH:  Lucile, Pt. ii., Canto i., St. 17.

I hold it true, whate’er befall,
    I feel it when I sorrow most;
    ’T is better to have loved and lost,
Than never to have loved at all.
1128
TENNYSON:  In Memoriam, Pt. xxvii., St. 4.

Had we never loved so kindly,
Had we never loved so blindly,
Never met, or never parted,
We had ne’er been broken-hearted.
1129
BURNS:  Song, Ae Fond Kiss.