Don't think it is her loveliness alone that bewitched me.

She might indeed enchant the most insensible of mankind; but I found a far more glorious treasure in the angelic heart of your daughter.

Her virtue, the immaculate purity of her soul, her gentle and magnanimous sentiments,--in a word, the prodigal gifts of mind and body which God has lavished on her,--have increased my admiration to love, my love to absolute idolatry! How dare I conceal my emotion from you any longer?
I cannot live without Lenora; the very thought of even a short temporary separation from her overwhelms me with despair.

I long to be with her every day, every hour; I long to hear her voice and read my happiness in her eloquent eyes! I know not what may be your decision; but, believe me, if it shall be adverse to my hopes, I shall not long survive the blow.

If your decree separate, me from my beloved Lenora, life will no longer have a charm for me!" Gustave uttered his romantic rhapsody--the rhapsody of most lovers--with that genuine emotion which bespoke his sincerity, and touched the heart of De Vlierbeck so deeply that he grasped his hand and implored him to be calm.
"Don't tremble so, my young friend," said the old gentleman.