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> [To return after long years of painful absence to some place which has been the scene of our former joys, and whence the force of circumstance, and not choice, has driven us, is oppressive to the heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-lover/to-return-after-long-years-of-painful-absence-to-some-place-which-has/)

[Samuel Lover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-lover/)

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## More by Samuel Lover

> [Sure the shovel and tongs To each other belongs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-lover/sure-the-shovel-and-tongs-to-each-other-belongs/)

[Samuel Lover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-lover/)

> [But all husbands are geese, though our pride it may shock, From the first 'twas ordained so by Nature I fear; Ould Adam himself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-lover/but-all-husbands-are-geese-though-our-pride-it-may-shock-from-the/)

[Samuel Lover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-lover/)

> [For dhrames always go by conthraries, my dear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-lover/for-dhrames-always-go-by-conthraries-my-dear/)

[Samuel Lover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-lover/)

> [When once the itch of literature comes over a man, nothing can cure it but the scratching of a pen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-lover/when-once-the-itch-of-literature-comes-over-a-man-nothing-can-cure-it/)

[Samuel Lover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-lover/)

> [To return after long years of painful absence to some place which has been the scene of our former joys, and whence the force…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-lover/to-return-after-long-years-of-painful-absence-to-some-place-which-has/)

[Samuel Lover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-lover/)

> [Oh, happy triumph of the poet! - to hear his verses wedded to sweet sounds, and warbled by the woman he loves!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-lover/oh-happy-triumph-of-the-poet-to-hear-his-verses-wedded-to-sweet/)

[Samuel Lover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-lover/)

> [What is wine? It is the grape present in another form; its essence is there, though the fruit which produced it grew thousands of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-lover/what-is-wine-it-is-the-grape-present-in-another-form-its-essence-is/)

[Samuel Lover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-lover/)

> [Sure my love is all crostLike a bud in the frostAnd there's no use at all in my going to bed,For 't is dhrames…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-lover/sure-my-love-is-all-crostlike-a-bud-in-the-frostand-there-s-no-use-at/)

[Samuel Lover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-lover/)

> [For a ballad's a thing you expect to find lies in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-lover/for-a-ballad-s-a-thing-you-expect-to-find-lies-in/)

[Samuel Lover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-lover/)

> [There's luck in odd numbers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-lover/there-s-luck-in-odd-numbers/)

[Samuel Lover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-lover/)

> [My hearing has suffered seriously; just now I am obliged to have the assistance of an ear trumpet. Think of that, my beauty! -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-lover/my-hearing-has-suffered-seriously-just-now-i-am-obliged-to-have-the/)

[Samuel Lover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-lover/)

> [Better to be safe than sorry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-lover/better-to-be-safe-than-sorry/)

[Samuel Lover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-lover/)

> [Reproof on her lip, but a smile in her eye.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-lover/reproof-on-her-lip-but-a-smile-in-her-eye/)

[Samuel Lover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-lover/)

> [Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-lover/circumstances-are-the-rulers-of-the-weak-they-are-but-the-instruments/)

[Samuel Lover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-lover/)

> [There was a place in childhood that I remember well, And there a voice of sweetest tone bright fairy tales did tell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-lover/there-was-a-place-in-childhood-that-i-remember-well-and-there-a-voice/)

[Samuel Lover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-lover/)

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