Walter Scott Quotes About Love

Quotes about: Love

• Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above: For love is heaven, and heaven is love.

  Walter Scott

  Love, Best Friend, Men

  The Lay of the Last Minstrel canto 3, st. 2 (1805)

• 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 is love.

  Walter Scott

  Love, Life, Peace

  The Lay of the Last Minstrel canto 3, st. 2 (1805)

• Her blue eyes sought the west afar,
  For lovers love the western star.

  Walter Scott

  Love, Life, Stars

  Sir Walter Scott (1855). “The poetical works of Sir Walter Scott”, p.31

• True love's the gift which God has given
  To man alone beneath the heaven.
  It is the secret sympathy,
  The silver link, the silken tie,
  Which heart to heart, and mind to mind,
  In body and in soul can bind.

  Walter Scott

  Love, Life, Heart

  'The Lay of the Last Minstrel' (1805) canto 5, st. 13

• For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war, Was to wed the fair Ellen of Lochinvar.

  Walter Scott

  Love, War, Fairs

  'Marmion' (1808) canto 5, st. 12 ('Lochinvar' st. 2)

• He turn'd his charger as he spake, Upon the river shore, He gave his bridle reins a shake, Said, "Adieu for evermore, my love, And adieu for evermore."

  Walter Scott

  Love, Rivers, Said

  Walter Scott (1838). “The Lady of the Lake”, p.255

• So faithful in love, and so dauntless in war, There never was knight like young Lochinvar.

  Walter Scott

  Love, Faith, War

  'Marmion' (1808) canto 5, st. 12 ('Lochinvar' st. 1)

• For Love will still be lord of all.

  Walter Scott

  Love, Lord, Stills

  Walter Scott (1869). “Poetical Works: Complete in One Volume with All His Introd. and Notes”, p.38

• 'Tis an old tale, and often told; But did my fate and wish agree, Ne'er had been read, in story old, Of maiden true betray'd for gold, That loved, or was avenged, like me!

  Walter Scott

  Love, Revenge, Fate

  Walter Scott (1869). “Poetical Works: Complete in One Volume with All His Introd. and Notes”, p.95

• The lover's pleasure, like that of the hunter, is in the chase, and the brightest beauty loses half its merit, as the flower its perfume, when the willing hand can reach it too easily. There must be doubt; there must be difficulty and danger.

  Walter Scott

  Love, Flower, Hands

  Sir Walter Scott (1871). “Waverley Novels”, p.352

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