Oh love! thou bane of the most generous souls! Thou doubtfu… - George Granville

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Oh love! thou bane of the most generous souls!
Thou doubtful pleasure! and thou certain pain!

George Granville

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George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne (9 March 1666 – 29 January 1735) was an English poet, playwright, and politician who served as a Privy Counsellor from 1712.

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Alternative Names: George Granville, Baron Lansdown of Biddeford

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Patience is the virtue of a beast
That trots beneath his burden and is quiet.

Marriage the happiest bond of love might be,
If hands were only join'd when hearts agree.

['T]is the talk, and not the intrigue, that's the crime.

Oh love! thou bane of the most generous souls! Thou doubtful pleasure! and thou certain pain! - George Granville

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