Quote#Love
She dropped her glove, to prove his love, then looked at him and…
Quote byLeigh Hunt · 1784–1859
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "The Glove and the Lions", in The New Monthly Magazine, and Literary Journal (1836), pt. ii, p. 40.
English (original)
She dropped her glove, to prove his love, then looked at him and smiled; He bowed, and in a moment leaped among the lions wild: The leap was quick, return was quick, he has regained his place, Then threw the glove, but not with love, right in the lady's face. "By God!" said Francis, "rightly done!" and he rose from where he sat: "No love," quoth he, "but vanity, sets love a task like that."
— Leigh Hunt
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