love-secret

A love-secret is a rose which embalms our hearts; if it is told, the rose loses its perfume.

The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II Various

The delightful sensation of sharing a secret with her -- a love-secret known only to themselves.

Three Weeks Elinor Glyn 1903

That your precious love-secret is known to my brother and me.

The Squire An Original Comedy in Three Acts Arthur Wing Pinero 1894

For, being no longer the crowned Servant of the State, he had the right as a mere dead man, to the possession of his love-secret.

Temporal Power Marie Corelli 1889

The first secret, especially if it be a love-secret, makes a break in that sweet, confidential intercourse between a parent and child which nothing restores.

The Squire of Sandal-Side A Pastoral Romance Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 1875

Helena -- all the more because she felt sure that the girl had a love-secret -- and wished very much that Helena would take her into confidence.

The Dictator Justin McCarthy 1871

She moaned with the moaning of love-sick youth * And exposed love-secret I ne'er would show:

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

They are the witnesses of many a romantic adventure -- the necessary confidants of many a love-secret.

The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West Mayne Reid 1850