Quotes About Thee

Did he who made the lamb make thee?

Thus in this sad, but oh, too pleasing state! my soul can fix upon nothing but thee; thee it contemplates, admires, adores, nay depends on, trusts on you alone.

I take thee at thy word: Call me but love, and I'll be new baptized; Henceforth I never will be Romeo.

And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.

Remember thee? Ay, thou poor ghost, while memory holds a seat in this distracted globe. Remember thee?

Our separation so abides, and flies, That thou, residing here, go'st yet with me, And I, hence fleeting, here remain with thee.

Caesar, Now be still, I killed not thee with half so good a will?

By heaven, I love thee better than myself, For I come hither arm'd against myself.

18th century opera is packed with emotion, but contains not a trace of kitsch. Only with the 'thees' and 'thous' of Victorian poetry does the disease begin to grow in our poetic tradition.

That blood which thou hast spill'd, should join you closely in an eternal bond.

Stella, think not that I by verse seek fame, Who seek, who hope, who love, who live but thee; Thine eyes my pride, thy lips my history; If thou praise not, all other praise is shame.

Remember thee? Ay, thou poor ghost, while memory holds a seatin this distracted globe. Remember thee?

And there shall be for thee all soft delight That shadowy thought can win

And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.

O Lord, when I awake I am still with Thee. Quicken my mortal body with Thy mighty resurrection life; rouse me with a gracious flooding of Thy Divine life for this day.