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Love Quotes
'Sunshine of Saint Eulalie' was she called; for that was the sunshineWhich, as the farmers believed, would load their orchards with apples;She, too, would bring to her husband's house delight and a...
Suffering Quotes
Meanwhile had spread in the village the tidings of ill, and on all sidesWandered, wailing, from house to house the women and children. (487-488)
Memory and the Past Quotes
This is the forest primeval; but where are the hearts that beneath itLeaped like the roe, when he hears in the woodland the voice of the huntsman?Where is the thatch-roofed village, the home of Aca...
Religion Quotes
Solemnly down the street came the parish priest, and the childrenPaused in their play to kiss the hand he extended to bless them.Reverend walked he among them; and up rose matrons and maidens,Haili...
Justice and Judgment Quotes
Yet am I not of those who imagine some evil intentionBrings them here, for we are at peace; and why then molest us?' (295-296)