FOREWORD From the beginning of time, Love has ever been the inspiration of poetry. According to Dryden, "Love first invented verse, and formed the rhyme, The motion measured, harmonized the chime." A modern writer declares Love to be "the despair of philosophers and sages, the rapture of poets, the confusion of cynics, and the warrior's defcat." Furthermore, it has become the prevailing theme of the novelist. Almost every story, nowadays, is a love story, and "the little blind god" hovers between the pages. Verily, verily, ""Tis Love that makes the world go round!" |