I am Envy...I cannot read and therefore wish all books burned.
Christopher MarloweRead
Come live with me and be my love, And we will all the pleasures prove, That valleys, groves, hills, and fields, Woods, or steepy mountain yields.
Interpretation
The quote invites someone to share a life filled with love and joy amidst the beauty of nature.
In this quote by Christopher Marlowe, the speaker is expressing a passionate invitation to a beloved to come and experience a life of love and pleasure. The imagery of nature, including valleys, groves, hills, and fields, highlights the beauty and serenity that accompany a romantic relationship, suggesting that the joys of love are intertwined with the delights found in the natural world.
In practice
This quote can be used in a wedding speech to celebrate the beauty of love.
I am Envy...I cannot read and therefore wish all books burned.
What are kings, when regiment is gone, but perfect shadows in a sunshine day?
Till swollen with cunning, of a self-conceit, His waxen wings did mount above his reach, And, melting, Heavens conspir'd his overthrow.
Our swords shall play the orators for us.
I'm armed with more than complete steel, - The justice of my quarrel.
Ah fair Zenocrate, divine Zenocrate, Fair is too foul an epithet for thee.
Unselfish love does not exploit its object and it does not ask for anything in return.
Love makes its record in deeper colors as we grow out of childhood into manhood.
The demand for equal rights in every vocation of life is just and fair; but, after all, the most vital right is the right to love and be loved.
... Chicago divided your heart. Leaving you loving the joint for keeps. Yet knowing it never can love you.
Ah, I am the judge of dreams, and you are the judge of love. Well, I find you guilty of dreaming good dreams, and sentence you to a lifetime of working and suffering for the sake of your dreams. I only hope that someday you won't declare me innocent of the crime of loving you.
Perhaps we were friends first and lovers second. But then perhaps this is what lovers are.
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