The Poetical Works of the Right Hon. George Granville, Lord Lansdowne/31

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The Poetical Works of the Right Hon. George Granville, Lord Lansdowne
by George Granville
3188502The Poetical Works of the Right Hon. George Granville, Lord LansdowneGeorge Granville

DEFINITION OF LOVE.

Love is begot by Fancy, bred
By Ignorance, by Expectation fed,
Deſtroy’d by Knowledge, and at beſt
Loſt in the moment ’tis poſſeſt.4