Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Endymion (1818), Stanza 4
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Like Dian's kiss, unask'd, unsought, Love gives itself, but is not bought.
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow on Poetry about love
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Source: Wikiquote: "Poetry about love" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations: Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 464-84.)
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About Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (27 February 1807 – 24 March 1882) was an American poet and one of the five members of the group known as the Fireside Poets.
About Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (27 February 1807 – 24 March 1882) was an American poet and one of the five members of the group known as the Fireside Poets.
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