Famous quotes containing the words losing, trick and/or count:
“Let the palings of her bed
Be quince and box-wood overlaid
with the scented bark of yew.
That all the wood in blossoming,
May calm her heart and cool her blood
For losing of her maidenhood.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)
“Nor let his Love enchant your generous Mind;
‘Tis Natures trick to propagate her Kind.
Our fond Begetters, who would never die,
Love but themselves in their Posterity.”
—John Dryden (1631–1700)
“You count your lover fair,
your bride or your bride-groom,
yet you would shun the room
where their enchantments are.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)