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But love, like wine, gives a tumultuous bliss, Heighten'd indeed beyond all mortal pleasures; But mingles pangs and madness in the bowl.

But love, like wine, gives a tumultuous bliss, Heighten'd indeed beyond all mortal pleasures; But mingles pangs and madness in the bowl.

Edward Young
Love, Wine, Giving
Edward Young (1798). “The Works of Edward Young ...: In Three Volumes. To which is Prefixed the Life of the Author”, p.191

Who gives an empire, by the gift defeats All end of giving; and procures contempt Instead of gratitude.

Edward Young
Gratitude, Giving, Empires
Edward Young (1811). “The Works of the Rev. Dr. Edward Young”, p.80

To know the world, not love her, is thy point; She gives but little, nor that little, long.

Edward Young
Love, Long, Giving
'The Complaint: Night Thoughts' (1742-5) 'Night 8' l. 1276

Give me, indulgent gods with mind serene, And guiltless heart, to range the sylvan scene, No splendid poverty, no smiling care, No well-bred hate, or servile grandeur, there.

Edward Young
Hate, Heart, Giving
Edward Young (1767). “The works of the author of the Night-thoughts: In four [i.e. five] volumes”, p.87

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