Desire
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7.Sexual desire and love
7a.Lust as a disordered and blinding passion
Homer, The OdysseyVol. 22
- p. 107–108Hermes says he would gladly lie by Aphrodite even in bonds before all the gods.read · scan
Confucius, The Sayings of ConfuciusVol. 44
- p. 28–29None love good as they love women.read · scan
- p. 51–52No one loves goodness as he loves women.read · scan
- p. 56Lust, strife and greed threaten at successive ages.read · scan
Euripides, HippolytusVol. 8
- p. 326–328Eros is called the shaft of All Desire, bringing hunger and calamity.read · scan
- p. 345Theseus argues that young men's desire is as blind as any woman's when Cypris stings.read · scan
Paul, The First Epistle of Paul to the CorinthiansVol. 45
- p. 497–498Those lacking continency should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn.read · scan
Saint Augustine, The Confessions of St. AugustineVol. 7
- p. 22Youthful concupiscence and unholy desires swept him into restless dissipation.read · scan
- p. 23The madness of lust took rule over him in his sixteenth year.read · scan
- p. 23–24Briers of unclean desires grew in his idle sixteenth year.read · scan
- p. 93–94Bound by the disease of the flesh, he dreads being loosed from its deadly sweetness.read · scan
- p. 94Alypius desires to try marriage out of curiosity, while Augustine's appetite tortures him.read · scan
- p. 96Slave to lust rather than a lover of marriage, Augustine takes another woman when his concubine is sent away.read · scan
- p. 119Augustine, freed from ambition for honour and profit, remains enthralled by love of woman and carnal desire, hesitating to buy the goodly pearl.read · scan
- p. 125–126He is bound by carnal concupiscence and the drudgery of worldly things.read · scan
Stories from the Thousand and One NightsVol. 16
- p. 412–413The Moor passionately desires her and his infatuation grows until the world seems nothing to him.read · scan
Dante Alighieri, HellVol. 20
- p. 21Lust overrules reason in the carnal sinners.read · scan
Geoffrey Chaucer, The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales; The Nun's Priest's TaleVol. 40
- p. 46Chauntecleer served Venus more for delight than for procreation.read · scan
William Roper, The Life of Sir Thomas MoreVol. 36
- p. 91The King's appetite and fancy for Anne Boleyn drives the divorce.read · scan
Benvenuto Cellini, The Autobiography of Benvenuto CelliniVol. 31
- p. 105–106He keeps a beautiful girl as model and lover, indulging sexual pleasure.read · scan
Sir Walter Raleigh, The Discovery of GuianaVol. 33
- p. 365The desire for women outweighs the desire for gold or territory as a motive for war.read · scan
Anthony Munday, Beauty BathingVol. 40
- p. 201The speaker's wanton thoughts entice his eye to see the forbidden, but memory chides vain desire.read · scan
Francis Bacon, The New AtlantisVol. 3
- p. 168Concupiscence is a spur to marriage, but ready remedies corrupt the will and expel marriage.read · scan
Christopher Marlowe, The Tragical History of Doctor FaustusVol. 19
- p. 244Faustus asks for Helen as paramour to glut his heart's desire and drown his scruples.read · scan
William Shakespeare, Songs and SonnetsVol. 40
- p. 280–281Lust is depicted as perjured, murderous and maddening in pursuit, a bliss turned woe.read · scan
William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of DenmarkVol. 46
- p. 114–117Lust sates itself even in a celestial bed.read · scan
William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King LearVol. 46
- p. 270Lust and its contriving, waking only to do it.read · scan
- p. 293Lear rails at lust, saying women are centaurs below the waist, riotous in appetite despite prudish show.read · scan
- p. 299–300Edgar condemns woman's will in Goneril's plot, murderous lechers.read · scan
Ben Jonson, PoemsVol. 40
- p. 293–294Blind desire is inconstant like the sea, armed with bow and fire, stirring tumults.read · scan
Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, Philaster, or Love Lies A-BleedingVol. 47
- p. 696–697Lust underlies the scene: Megra found in the prince's chamber, Cleremont's bawdy quip.read · scan
- p. 697Megra's lust is denounced, and she charges the princess with illicit desire for a boy.read · scan
John Webster, The Duchess of MalfiVol. 47
- p. 791Ferdinand denies that charms or potions can force love, insisting the duchess's lust lies in her rank blood.read · scan
- p. 838Julia says she must kill her longing and speaks of lust openly.read · scan
John Milton, Paradise LostVol. 4
- p. 281The fruit inflames carnal desire and lust in Adam and Eve.read · scan
John Milton, Samson AgonistesVol. 4
- p. 415Desire for wine repressed but another enticement defeated him.read · scan
Molière, Tartuffe, or The HypocriteVol. 26
- p. 245–247Dorine mocks his claimed susceptibility to the flesh and temptation.read · scan
- p. 247–250Tartuffe pressing her hand, touching her knee and gown, reveals lust beneath his piety.read · scan
- p. 269–271Tartuffe's shameless passion is flattered and given free play.read · scan
- p. 272–275Tartuffe's love demands proof and satisfaction like a tyrant.read · scan
Blaise Pascal, ThoughtsVol. 48
- p. 151–152Rules of policy, morality and justice derive from lust, which is covered but not removed, the vile root of man.read · scan
- p. 152The three lusts of flesh, eyes and pride of life inflame the world like rivers of fire.read · scan
- p. 153Three orders: flesh, spirit and will; lust of flesh and eyes, and pride.read · scan
- p. 174Lust and self-love are the roots that destroy the soul.read · scan
John Dryden, All for Love; or, The World Well LostVol. 18
- p. 57Dolabella and Ventidius call Antony's passion in declining age dotage, forcing desire against nature.read · scan
Benjamin Franklin, His AutobiographyVol. 1
- p. 66The hard-to-be-governed passion of youth leads him into intrigues with low women.read · scan
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, A Discourse upon the Origin and the Foundation of the Inequality among MankindVol. 34
- p. 190–191The sexual passion is hot and destructive, requiring restraint among men unrestrained by modesty.read · scan
- p. 198Natural appetite to perpetuate the species was blind, without love or affection.read · scan
Edmund Burke, A Philosophical Inquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and BeautifulVol. 24
- p. 74Desire hurries us to possess objects not because they are beautiful; we may desire a plain woman.read · scan
Robert Burns, Poems and SongsVol. 6
- p. 224–226Nature pours the fire of strong desire into each bosom, bidding mankind increase.read · scan
William Wordsworth, Prefaces to Various Volumes of PoemsVol. 39
- p. 285–286The sexual appetite and its passions are said to originate in the perception of similitude in dissimilitude.read · scan
Alessandro Manzoni, I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed)Vol. 21
- p. 34–36Renzo infers Don Rodrigo's overbearing act springs from a lawless passion for Lucia.read · scan
- p. 291Rodrigo's mixture of punctilio, rage and infamous desire for Lucia grows ungovernable, frustrated by the monastery.read · scan
Percy Bysshe Shelley, The CenciVol. 18
- p. 301Orsino burns with desire for Beatrice, haunted by her image, and schemes to profit from Cenci's death.read · scan
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1330–1333Blossoms of passion are fragrant but beguile and lead astray, unlike humble faith.read · scan
7b.Seduction and the pursuit of the beloved
Aeschylus, Prometheus BoundVol. 8
- p. 190Zeus glows with passion for Io and craves her.read · scan
Virgil, The AeneidVol. 13
- p. 93Deceit used to kindle Dido's passion.read · scan
Plutarch, AlcibiadesVol. 12
- p. 126–127He corrupts Agis's wife, claiming ambition that his line might one day be Spartan kings.read · scan
Plutarch, AntonyVol. 12
- p. 339Cleopatra relies on her charms and magic arts to captivate Antony.read · scan
Chapters from the KoranVol. 45
- p. 924The prince's wife's infatuation with Joseph; women's gossip and her threat of imprisonment if he refuses.read · scan
Stories from the Thousand and One NightsVol. 16
- p. 108–109The old woman's persuasion leads her to yield to the merchant's demand for a kiss.read · scan
- p. 123–125He hints at wishing to visit her and she reacts with feigned displeasure, then summons him.read · scan
- p. 165His hope of enjoying the woman makes him credulous and lets him be exploited.read · scan
- p. 166Sight of the woman's beauty makes him forget his sufferings, and he walks into the trap she sets.read · scan
- p. 168The old woman lures him with promises of wine, a fair face and embraces, and he endures slaps in hope of enjoyment.read · scan
- p. 169His hope of the lady's favour makes him submit to every humiliation.read · scan
- p. 180The old woman lures him with a promise of a lady's favors and wealth, and he follows in credulous hope.read · scan
The Story of the Volsungs and NiblungsVol. 49
- p. 276–277Sinfjotli yearns for a fair woman and fights her other suitor, Borghild's brother, killing him.read · scan
Benvenuto Cellini, The Autobiography of Benvenuto CelliniVol. 31
- p. 52He resists his friend's woman out of loyalty but takes the serving-girl for his pleasure.read · scan
- p. 63The courtesan Pantasilea lays nets for the young man's beauty.read · scan
- p. 185Francesco's wife, of no chastity, spitefully caresses the lad and provokes his frequent visits.read · scan
Miguel de Cervantes, The History of Don Quixote of the Mancha, Part IVol. 14
- p. 119–120The carrier awaits Maritornes, who has promised to satisfy his desire that night.read · scan
- p. 204Fernando's desire, kindled by Cardenio's praise of Lucinda, is roused at seeing her and reading her letter.read · scan
- p. 257Fernando's lascivious appetite is inflamed by her rejection.read · scan
- p. 257–258Her caution only inflames Fernando's lascivious appetite, prompting his stealthy entry.read · scan
- p. 265–266The servant and then the master lustfully pursue the disguised woman, who resists by force and flight.read · scan
- p. 332Leonela appeals to flesh and hot young blood, and to love's desires fulfilled in an instant.read · scan
- p. 341She notes no man persists in amorous pursuit without hope and attributes Lothario's infamous desires to her own negligence.read · scan
- p. 500–501Love adventures prosper when favoured by the woman's desire; Leandra quickly satisfied hers.read · scan
Edmund Spenser, PoemsVol. 40
- p. 248–250Warns eyes against being entrapped by the golden net of her hair.read · scan
Christopher Marlowe, The Passionate Shepherd to His Love; Her ReplyVol. 40
- p. 254–255Shepherd's offers of pleasures to move her, met with skepticism.read · scan
William Shakespeare, Songs and SonnetsVol. 40
- p. 266–268Youth's eagerness to pluck a sweet, breaking a vow for love.read · scan
William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of DenmarkVol. 46
- p. 109–111When the blood burns, the soul lends the tongue prodigal vows.read · scan
- p. 112–114Claudius's lust and seductive gifts won the queen's will, a falling-off from the ghost's marital love.read · scan
William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King LearVol. 46
- p. 281–283Goneril schemes to marry Edmund, kissing him as she sends him off.read · scan
- p. 289–291Regan schemes to win Edmund, suspecting her sister's lust for him and offering preferment for killing Gloucester.read · scan
Ben Jonson, The AlchemistVol. 47
- p. 579–580Mammon's lust is baited by Face's tale of a mad, learned lady; he pays to gain access to her.read · scan
- p. 584–585Face says a wench is a rare bait; the dupe is hooked by lust as a fish by bait.read · scan
- p. 589–592Face and Subtle plan to draw lots for the widow, scheming to marry her.read · scan
- p. 620–621Face lustfully insists on having the widow, and the rogues bargain over her by chance.read · scan
- p. 623–624Face and Subtle haggle over who must take the widow, lustful appetite treated as a bargaining lot.read · scan
- p. 626–628The rogues tempt the widow with the pleasures, pomp and coaches of a countess to win her consent.read · scan
Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, Philaster, or Love Lies A-BleedingVol. 47
- p. 682–684Pharamond admits his body cannot hold out till the wedding and goes to seek satisfaction elsewhere.read · scan
- p. 687–688Pharamond's appetite for conquest of women, his 'leaden appetite' stirred by her wit.read · scan
- p. 688Pharamond brazenly seduces Megra, offering money and pressing her to love and lie with him.read · scan
- p. 688–690Pharamond pays and pleads for Megra's assignation; she agrees to slip into his lodging by night.read · scan
- p. 690–691Galatea reports Pharamond's hot pursuit of Megra, betraying his promise to Arethusa.read · scan
- p. 692–694Pharamond courts Galatea and Megra in front of Arethusa, and Megra taunts her with the boy page.read · scan
John Webster, The Duchess of MalfiVol. 47
- p. 839–841Julia, a woman of pleasure, cuts off unquiet longings and offers to maintain Bosola.read · scan
Robert Herrick, PoemsVol. 40
- p. 340Urges taking the harmless folly of the time.read · scan
John Milton, Paradise LostVol. 4
- p. 331Women bred to lustful appetence, to sing and dance and dress.read · scan
Sir John Suckling, The Constant Lover; Why So Pale and WanVol. 40
- p. 353–354Lover is urged to quit sulking, since pale looks and silence will not win her.read · scan
Love Will Find Out the Way; Phillada Flouts MeVol. 40
- p. 381–382He woos with cream, flowers and promised raiment, all worth nothing while she scorns him.read · scan
Molière, Tartuffe, or The HypocriteVol. 26
- p. 271–272Tartuffe presses for the granting of favours before he will trust her words.read · scan
John Dryden, PoemsVol. 40
- p. 393–395The king is urged to enjoy the world and Thais, and is overcome by love and wine.read · scan
Benjamin Franklin, His AutobiographyVol. 1
- p. 43Franklin admits attempting improper familiarities with Mrs. T, presuming on his importance and being under no religious restraint.read · scan
Isobel Pagan, PoemsVol. 41
- p. 556He tempts her with gowns, ribbons and shoes.read · scan
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The Tragedy of Faust, Part IVol. 19
- p. 110–113Faust, primed by the witch's potion, is inflamed with desire for Margaret and demands Mephistopheles win her for him.read · scan
- p. 113–115Faust impatiently demands to possess the young girl that night, threatening to end the compact; lust and seduction plotted.read · scan
Robert Burns, Poems and SongsVol. 6
- p. 341–343Willie's pulses roll and he steals a kiss; Jamie is invited to win her love.read · scan
- p. 391–392Narrator confesses he'd give his breeches to see young lasses instead of hags; Tam captivated by the witch Nannie.read · scan
- p. 514–516Advice on coaxing a reluctant lass with a kiss and a gill.read · scan
- p. 526–528A traveller's night with a kind maid who makes his bed leads to courtship and kisses.read · scan
- p. 528–530Narrator's seduction of the bed-making lass; she pleads for her virginity, then laments being ruined.read · scan
Alessandro Manzoni, I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed)Vol. 21
- p. 38–39Don Rodrigo's wager and 'we shall see' show his predatory designs on Lucia.read · scan
- p. 176Don Rodrigo's vexation and passions drive him to hunt the fugitive Lucia.read · scan
- p. 178Rodrigo's predominating passion feeds fantasies of flattering and terrifying Lucia into submission.read · scan
- p. 186–187Rodrigo rejoices at separating the lovers and plots through the night to accomplish his wicked designs.read · scan
- p. 289–290Rodrigo rejoices in Renzo's misfortune and presses on with his plan to get Lucia.read · scan
- p. 291–293Encouraged by Attilio and by removal of Cristoforo and Agnese, he refuses to give up his purpose.read · scan
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Household TalesVol. 17
- p. 109–110The wolf's appetite drives his craft; he tempts her with flowers and birdsong.read · scan
Percy Bysshe Shelley, The CenciVol. 18
- p. 285–288Orsino schemes to trap Beatrice, putting his lust and gain over his priestly vow.read · scan
7c.Longing of lovers and its satisfaction or frustration
See also: Madness 5a
Homer, The OdysseyVol. 22
- p. 287–288The suitors long daily for Penelope; Leiodes advises giving up and wooing another woman.read · scan
- p. 321–323The wooers pressed to marry Odysseus' wife, Amphimedon begins to tell how they met their death.read · scan
Euripides, HippolytusVol. 8
- p. 311–313Phaedra longs for hunting, fountains and chariots, disguising her hidden longing for Hippolytus.read · scan
Aristophanes, The FrogsVol. 8
- p. 453–455Dionysus imagines servilely watching another enjoy a dancing-girl while he burns with desire.read · scan
Virgil, The AeneidVol. 13
- p. 152Dido is sick with desire, longing to hear Aeneas's tale again and again.read · scan
- p. 152Hyarbas, jealous, is mad with despair and desire when Dido spurns him for a stranger.read · scan
- p. 270Vulcan, warmed by her embrace, is seized by longing and sinks into satisfied rest.read · scan
- p. 389Turnus, gazing on Lavinia, burns with desire that feeds his resolve to fight.read · scan
Plutarch, AntonyVol. 12
- p. 378–379Cleopatra, proud of her beauty, pursues terms for her kingdom, and Antony's jealousy is aroused.read · scan
The Destruction of Dá Derga's HostelVol. 49
- p. 200–201Longing seizes the king at once for Etain, who has long loved him by report.read · scan
Stories from the Thousand and One NightsVol. 16
- p. 8The captive bride, seized on her wedding night, still compels the kings to lie with her by threat.read · scan
- p. 8–10Woman's will to accomplish her object cannot be prevented, even by a jealous jinni's locks and sea.read · scan
- p. 55–56The porter is dazzled and reluctant to leave.read · scan
- p. 57–58The porter lingers, admiring the ladies and suggesting women's pleasure needs a man.read · scan
- p. 62–63Songs speak of consuming longing that cannot be relieved by messenger or patience.read · scan
- p. 135Longing for her keeps him awake and in perplexity.read · scan
- p. 151Longing for the confined damsel consumes him; hope of an interview restores his courage.read · scan
- p. 156The youth's anxious haste to reach his beloved before prayers end drives him to bribe the barber with food and perfumes.read · scan
- p. 164His longing makes him restless and unable to sew or sleep, and he obeys her every command.read · scan
- p. 364Hearing of the princess's beauty, he longs above all to behold her.read · scan
- p. 366He says peace is impossible until he gains his beloved.read · scan
- p. 368Ala-ed-Din presses his mother to seek the princess and dismisses her objections as inventing obstacles.read · scan
- p. 384Ala-ed-Din's wish for the princess is satisfied by the Lamp.read · scan
Dante Alighieri, HellVol. 20
- p. 21Dante wonders what sweet thoughts and fond desire led them to this pass.read · scan
Benvenuto Cellini, The Autobiography of Benvenuto CelliniVol. 31
- p. 97Cellini secretly wished for the match yet showed discretion.read · scan
- p. 326Ascanio's love for a girl leads him to hide her inside the statue's head against Cellini's rule.read · scan
Michel de Montaigne, Of FriendshipVol. 32
- p. 75Physical desire ends with enjoyment and satiety, whereas friendship grows as it is enjoyed.read · scan
Miguel de Cervantes, The History of Don Quixote of the Mancha, Part IVol. 14
- p. 105Desires are sustained by hope; Chrysostom persisted without hope and was ruined by his own obstinacy.read · scan
- p. 122The jealous carrier attacks Quixote to protect his tryst with Maritornes, setting off a brawl.read · scan
- p. 201Opposition only adds flame to flame and desire to desire.read · scan
- p. 262–264Dorothea, borne on by her desires, hurries to demand of Fernando with what conscience he acted.read · scan
- p. 292–293He feels urged by longing to see his lady against his promised faith.read · scan
- p. 372Beholders dedicate their desires to serving the lovely Moor.read · scan
- p. 446He makes Clara commandress of his will, following her as the arrow the mark.read · scan
Sir Philip Sidney, PoemsVol. 40
- p. 211–213He demands every detail of Stella's state, unsatisfied by 'she is well'.read · scan
- p. 213–214He wants every detail of Stella's doings.read · scan
Thomas Lodge, Rosalind's Madrigal; Rosaline; PhillisVol. 40
- p. 214–216Refrain: would she were mine.read · scan
- p. 216–217Wishes she were his; entreats Love to soften her heart.read · scan
Joshua Sylvester, Love's OmnipresenceVol. 40
- p. 314Humble swain's thoughts ascend to heaven in honour of his love.read · scan
William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King LearVol. 46
- p. 285–286Goneril weighs Cornwall's death against losing Gloucester to Regan.read · scan
- p. 298Goneril's letter shows her adulterous longing for Edmund and her loathing of her husband's bed.read · scan
- p. 303–304Regan jealously questions Edmund about Goneril; Goneril would rather lose the battle than lose Edmund to her sister.read · scan
- p. 306The rival sisters' jealous lust for Edmund.read · scan
William Shakespeare, The TempestVol. 46
- p. 413Prospero delays gratification of the lovers so that the prize is valued.read · scan
Thomas Dekker, The Shoemaker's HolidayVol. 47
- p. 478–479Rose longs for Lacy's company and sends Sybil for news, rewarding her with finery.read · scan
John Donne, PoemsVol. 40
- p. 308–310He would not have all yet, since love admits daily new growth.read · scan
William Drummond, PoemsVol. 40
- p. 330Longing for the absent beloved; nothing wanting save She.read · scan
John Milton, Poems Written at Horton, 1632-1638Vol. 4
- p. 34–39May inspires mirth, youth and warm desire.read · scan
John Milton, Paradise LostVol. 4
- p. 249Adam fears losing her and would abjure other pleasures.read · scan
- p. 304Eve weighs the misery of languishing with desire against the dread of a doomed race.read · scan
Molière, Tartuffe, or The HypocriteVol. 26
- p. 204–206Old coquette turns prude when her charms fade, resenting pleasures age has weaned her from.read · scan
John Dryden, All for Love; or, The World Well LostVol. 18
- p. 46–53Antony longs for night and mutual love's pleasures before the battle.read · scan
- p. 65–66Alexas, a eunuch cut off from pleasure, resents that Cleopatra dies for love yet has known its joys.read · scan
- p. 76–77Ventidius curses her yet desires her; Antony's remaining passion may relapse.read · scan
Jean Racine, PhaedraVol. 26
- p. 138–140Her wishes shift from moment to moment, wanting light then hiding from it, and longing for the forest chase.read · scan
Sir Charles Sedley, Chloris; CeliaVol. 40
- p. 383–384Cupid's darts inflame the lover, who craves Celia's heart alone.read · scan
John Gay, Love in Her Eyes Sits Playing; Black-Eyed SusanVol. 40
- p. 402–403Love sheds soft desire and sets the heart on fire.read · scan
Alexander Ross, PoemsVol. 41
- p. 567–568Sister longs only to be married, whoever the man.read · scan
Benjamin Franklin, His AutobiographyVol. 1
- p. 65Suspicion that the family relied on affection to force a hasty marriage.read · scan
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, A Discourse upon the Origin and the Foundation of the Inequality among MankindVol. 34
- p. 191–192Savages yield to impulses without preference; their desires do not outlast the need for the thing desired.read · scan
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The Tragedy of Faust, Part IVol. 19
- p. 104–106A flame is kindled in Faust's breast, and he is nearly distraught with longing.read · scan
- p. 121–124Lovesick Faust would blot out sun and stars to please his lady; Margaret dwells on her mysterious giver.read · scan
- p. 143–145Faust reels from craving to enjoyment and languishes in enjoyment for desire, stirred by Mephistopheles.read · scan
- p. 145–146Faust's passion rushed like a torrent then ebbed; his craving and envy of her kissed things kindled by Mephistopheles.read · scan
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, EgmontVol. 19
- p. 293–294Love is won not by seeking it.read · scan
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Hermann and DorotheaVol. 19
- p. 363–365His longing for a wife makes his lonely chamber and rich estate seem desolate.read · scan
- p. 397–399He feels her warmth and breath yet restrains himself.read · scan
Robert Burns, Poems and SongsVol. 6
- p. 339–341Willie gazes, wishes, fears and trembles at sleeping Nelly; the poet's soul parched with love.read · scan
- p. 516–518Advice not to break your heart over one rebuff since another lass will do.read · scan
- p. 532–534Love's raptures would make ambition disown the world's crown and avarice deny its idol.read · scan
Alessandro Manzoni, I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed)Vol. 21
- p. 99–101Renzo ardently desires Lucia's consent while enraged at Don Rodrigo.read · scan
- p. 150–151Gertrude longs for affection, pleasure and the life she imagined, and her yearning fixes on the compassionate page.read · scan
- p. 173The forbidden acquaintance fills the painful void of her soul with a stimulus.read · scan
- p. 440–441Lucia tries to suppress her longing by work, but the memory returns against her will.read · scan
- p. 543Renzo's eager resolve to go at once and find Lucia and Agnese.read · scan
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Household TalesVol. 17
- p. 47–48The frog asks for love and companionship as payment, while the princess longs only for her golden ball.read · scan
- p. 58–59The king's longing is too great for words and drives the whole ventureread · scan
- p. 59The princess's pleasure in golden things and her curiosity and longing are excited by John's taleread · scan
John Keats, PoemsVol. 41
- p. 884–885Maidens ask Heaven for all they desire; Porphyro longs to gaze, kneel and kiss.read · scan
- p. 893–895The knight sees nothing else all day, captive to the lady.read · scan
Ralph Waldo Emerson, FriendshipVol. 5
- p. 107–109We seek friends with an adulterate passion that would appropriate them, so friendships end in disappointment.read · scan
Hans Christian Andersen, TalesVol. 17
- p. 254–255She dreams of happiness and an immortal soul when he kisses her, though he does not intend to marry her.read · scan
- p. 293–294He longs to make her acquaintance and watches her from behind the snuff-box.read · scan
- p. 352–353He longs to see the Princess and uses the box to have her fetched.read · scan
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1318–1320Her heart leads her hand: she refuses other suitors because her heart has gone with Gabriel.read · scan
- p. 1326–1328Moonlight floods her soul with indefinable longings for the beloved.read · scan
Edgar Allan Poe, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1237–1239Torture of thirst for the river of accursed Passion has abated.read · scan
Robert Browning, A Blot in the 'ScutcheonVol. 18
- p. 388–392Mertoun anticipates hope, love and delight as he climbs to Mildred, unaware of danger.read · scan
George Meredith, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1140–1141Love that so desires would fain keep her changeless, yet also fling the net and have her free.read · scan
Algernon Charles Swinburne, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1199–1201Longing that man's heart were fire to spring to the goddess.read · scan
John Boyle O'Reilly, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1198Purest love is joined with desire, symbolized by flush on the white rosebud.read · scan
7d.Temptation by women and the flesh as allegory
Homer, The OdysseyVol. 22
- p. 163The Sirens' enchanting song lures men to their deaths, making them forget wife and children; Odysseus may hear only if bound.read · scan
Dante Alighieri, PurgatoryVol. 20
- p. 220–221The Siren, worldly happiness, allures with delight, enchanted Ulysses, until stripped by the holy lady to reveal foulness.read · scan
Sir Thomas Malory, The Holy GrailVol. 35
- p. 143She tempts the starving knight with help and a promise of finding the red knight, exacting his oath.read · scan
- p. 145–146Heated by strong wine and her beauty, Percivale pleads for her love and nearly yields to lust.read · scan
- p. 169–171The lady's luxurious delights and her importunate offer of love and riches tempt Bors, who forgets his sorrow amid dainties.read · scan
John Milton, Paradise RegainedVol. 4
- p. 371Belial proposes women's beauty to soften and enervate even the resolute and wise, as with Solomonread · scan
John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's ProgressVol. 15
- p. 72–73Faithful resists Wanton's flattering promise of carnal and fleshly content by shutting his eyes to her looks.read · scan
- p. 73Offers of many delights and marriage to Lust of the Flesh, Lust of the Eyes, and Pride of Life.read · scan
- p. 306–307Madam Bubble offers body, purse and bed to the weary, poor Stand-fast; he resists her enticements.read · scan
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The Tragedy of Faust, Part IVol. 19
- p. 177–180Lilith's tresses snare youths; apples desired 'from paradise'.read · scan
Hans Christian Andersen, TalesVol. 17
- p. 290–291Longing grows with every step toward the Fairy's beckoning; strength comes by resisting it.read · scan
- p. 291–292Fragrance, wine, music and the Fairy's call inflame his longing until he yields.read · scan
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