Again the passion swept through him, to gather her in his arms, and he held himself sternly and stiffly against it, and would have said something simple and common to break the spell, but he only faltered and looked down on his hands spread out before her, and what he said was: "Do you see blood on them?"
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
What did she know of love-the divine passion?
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
You only said that she was in such a passion that she declared she 'd be right in doing so.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever