I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys. As a lily among brambles, so is my love among maidens. As an apple tree among the tr...ees of the wood, so is my beloved among young men. With great delight I sat in his shadow, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Happy a while in Paradise they lay; But quickly woman longed to go astray:... Some foolish new adventure needs must prove, And the first devil she saw, she chang'd her love: To his temptations, lewdly she inclined Her soul, and, for an apple, damn'd mankind.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The friendly cow, all red and white, I love with all my heart:... She gives me cream with all her might, To eat with apple tart.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
We are not commanded (or forbidden) to love our mates, our children, our friends, our country because such affections come natural...ly to us and are good in themselves, although we may corrupt them. We are commanded to love our neighbor because our "natural" attitude toward the "other" is one of either indifference or hostility.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
To try to write love is to confront the muck of language: that region of hysteria where language is both too much and too little, ...excessive ... and impoverished.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »