10 John Gay Quotes on Love

John Gay quotes on love

2. My lodging is on the cold ground, And hard, very hard, is my fare, But that which grieves me more Is the coldness of my dear.

6. Where yet was ever found a mother Who'd give her booby for another?

12. And when a lady's in the case, You know all other things give place.

21. Were I laid on Greenland's Coast, And in my Arms embrac'd my Lass; Warm amidst eternal Frost, Too soon the Half Year's Night would pass.

22. Macheath: And I would love you all the day, Polly: Every night would kiss and play, Macheath: If with me you'd fondly stray Polly: Over the hills and far away.

26. Youth's the season made for joys, Love is then our duty.

28. Man may escape from rope and gun; Nay, some have outlived the doctor's pill: Who takes a woman must be undone, That basilisk is sure to kill. The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweets, So he that tastes woman, woman, woman, He that tastes woman, ruin meets.

31. How happy could I be with either, Were t'other dear charmer away!

32. How happy I am, if you say this from your heart! For I love thee so, that I could sooner bear to see thee hang'd than in the Arms of another.

33. If love be not his Guide, He never will come back!