And looking to the Heaven, that bends above you, How oft! I bless the Lot, that made me love you.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker thanks God for the circumstance that led them to love the person addressed.
- In plain terms
- I am grateful that I was made to love you.
- What can you take from it?
- Be thankful for the capacity to love.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Are you grateful for who you love?
- Is love fate or choice?
Another view
It frames love as divine fate rather than choice.
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And in Life's noisiest hour, There whispers still the ceaseless Love of Thee, The heart's Self-solace and soliloquy. You mould my Hopes, you fashion me within.
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