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" In peace, Love tunes the shepherd's reed; In war, he mounts the warrior's steed; In halls, in gay attire is seen; In hamlets, dances on the green. Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above ; For love is heaven, and heaven... "
A Dictionary of Thoughts: Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the ... - Page 304
by Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 644 pages
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Notes abroad and rhapsodies at home. By a veteran traveller [W.R. Wilson].

William Rae Wilson - 1837 - 670 pages
...think that if it be good we can never have too niuch of it. Even Sir Walter Scott himself says — " Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men...saints above ; For love is heaven, and heaven is love. " And this, it must be confessed, is very neatly and antithetically expressed — that it is particularly...
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The Young Man's Book of Elegant Poetry: Comprising Selections from the Works ...

1838 - 332 pages
...false, a recreant prove! How could I name love's very name, Not wake my heart to notes of flame ! ' II. In peace. Love tunes the shepherd's reed ; In war,...hamlets, dances on the green. Love rules the court, the cnmp, the grove, And men below, and saints above; For love is heaven, and heaven is love. SCOTT. MANFRED...
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The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott: With a Sketch of His Life

Walter Scott, J. W. Lake - 1838 - 496 pages
...false a recreant prove! H-iw could I name love's very name, Nor wake my harp to notes of flame ! II. In peace. Love tunes the shepherd's reed, In war, he mounts the warrior's steed; In halls, in pay ature is seen; In hamlets, dances on the green. Lflve rules the court, the carap, the grove, \nd...
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The genius and wisdom of sir Walter Scott, comprising moral, religious ...

sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1839 - 264 pages
...by disappointment, fickleness, and all the pains of blighted hope and unrequited attachment. LOVE. In peace, love" tunes the shepherd's reed ; In war,...saints above ; For love is heaven, and heaven is love. POETS. The harper smiled, well pleased ; for ne'er Was flattery lost on poet's ear. A simple race !...
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Flora's Lexicon: An Interpretation of the Language and Sentiment of Flowers ...

Catharine Harbeson Waterman - 1839 - 284 pages
...garlands, from my head ! Ye myrtle wreaths, your fragrance shed Around a younger brow! WORDSWORTH. In peace, love tunes the shepherd's reed ; In war,...saints above ; For love is heaven, and heaven is love. SCOTT. Love the sense of right and wrong confounds, Strong love and proud ambition have no bounds....
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The Duke: A Novel

Elizabeth Caroline Grey - 1839 - 304 pages
...is well described in many a distich, but in none better than the well-known lines of Scott : — " In peace, love tunes the shepherd's reed ; In war,...steed; In halls, in. gay attire is seen ; In hamlets dancing on the green — Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above,...
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The Modern Literature of France, Volume 1

George William MacArthur Reynolds - 1839 - 330 pages
...love, all-powerful love, before whose darts fall vanquished kings, princes, and nobles — love, Who rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below,...saints above ; For love is heaven, and heaven is love. Love makes him reflect, causes him to look into himself, shows him to himself in all his deformity...
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The female freemasons

Female freemasons - 1840 - 822 pages
...take our leave, wishing them health, happiness, and long lives. STANLEY BRERETOX. STANLEY BRERETON. " Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men...and saints above: For love is heaven, and heaven is love."—Seolt. " MY dear Alice!" said Julia Talbot, running to meet the former, " do tell me what...
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The album of love, containing love thoughts [in verse] by many contributors

Album - 1841 - 158 pages
...so false a recreant prove ? How could I name Love's very name, Nor wake my heart to notes of flame ! In peace Love tunes the shepherd's reed ; In war,...saints above, For love is heaven, and heaven is love ! SCOTT. BRIDAL GREETINGS. Ocean and land the globe divide ; Summer and winter share the year ; Darkness...
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Book of the Poets: The Modern Poets of the Nineteenth Century

1842 - 504 pages
...false, ^recreant prove ! How could I name'UjOve's very name, Nor wake my heart to notes of flame ! In peace, Love tunes the shepherd's reed ; In war,...saints above ; For love is heaven, and heaven is love. From The lay of Ue Last Minstrel BATTLE OF FLODDEN. Blount and Fitz-Eustace rested still With Lady...
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