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Some are soon bagg'd but some reject three dozen. 'Tis fine to see them scattering refusals And wild dismay, o'er every angry cousin (Friends of the party) who begin accusals, Such as--"Unless Miss (Blank) meant to have chosen Poor Frederick, why did she accord perusals To his billets? Why waltz with him? Why, I pray, Look yes least night, and yet say No to-day?" (Quote by - Lord Byron)

Woo the fair one when around Early birds are singing; When o'er all the fragrant ground Early herbs are springing: When the brookside, bank, and grove All with blossom laden, Shine with beauty, breathe of love, Woo the timid maiden. (Quote by - William Cullen Bryant)

She's beautiful and therefore to be woo'd: She is a woman, therefore to be won. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)

Do proper homage to thine idol's eyes; But no too humbly, or she will despise Thee and thy suit, though told in moving tropes: Disguise even tenderness if thou art wise. (Quote by - Lord Byron)

The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid. (Quote by - Proverbs)

Twas he that ranged the words at random flung, Pierced the fair pearls and them together strung. (Quote by - Bidpai)

There is a tide in the affairs of women Which, taken at the flood, leads God knows where. (Quote by - Lord Byron)

He that will win his dame must do As love does when he draws his bow; With one hand thrust the lady from, And with the other pull her home. (Quote by - Samuel Butler 1)

Better be courted and jilted Than never be courted at all. (Quote by - Thomas Campbell)

Thrice happy's the wooing that's not long a-doing, So much time is saved in the billing and cooing. (Quote by - R. H. Barham)

The time I've lost in wooing, In watching and pursuing The light that lies In woman's eyes, Has been my heart's undoing. (Quote by - George Moore)

Never wedding, ever wooing, Still a lovelorn heart pursuing, Read you not the wrong you're doing In my cheek's pale hue? All my life with sorrow strewing; Wed or cease to woo. (Quote by - Thomas Campbell)

After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise. (Quote by - Bible)

O gentle Romeo, If thou dost love, pronounce it faithfully. Or if thou think'st I am too quickly won, I'll frown and be perverse and say thee nay, So thou wilt woo: but else, not for the world. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)

The landlady and Tam grew gracious Wi' favours secret, sweet and precious. (Quote by - Robert Burns)

If I am not worth the wooing, I surely am not worth the winning. (Quote by - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)

Tis enough Who listens once will listen twice; Her heart be sure is not of ice, And one refusal no rebuff. (Quote by - Lord Byron)

Come live in my heart and pay no rent. (Quote by - Samuel Lover)

Why don't you speak for yourself, John? (Quote by - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)

Perhaps if you address the lady Most politely, most politely, Flatter and impress the lady Most politely, most politely, Humbly beg and humbly sue, She may deign to look on you. (Quote by - W. S. Gilbert)

And let us mind, faint heart ne'er wan A lady fair. Wha does the utmost that he can Will whyles do mair. (Quote by - Robert Burns)

Men are April when they woo, December when they wed. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)

She that with poetry is won, Is but a desk to write upon; And what men say of her they mean No more than on the thing they lean. (Quote by - Samuel Butler 1)

Why don't the men propose, mamma? Why don't the men propose? (Quote by - Thomas Haynes Bayly)

And whispering, "I will ne'er consent," consented. (Quote by - Lord Byron)

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