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Stages of Courtly Love

♥ Attraction to the lady, usually via eyes/glance.
♥ Worship of the lady from afar.
♥ Declaration of passionate devotion.
♥ Virtuous rejection by the lady.
♥ Renewed wooing with oaths of virtue and eternal fealty.
♥ Moans of approaching death from unsatisfied desire ( ( Read more... )