Love's Young Dream is a phrase used to describe the early stages of romantic love between two young people. The term is often used in literature, music, films, TV, and other media.
Origin
The phrase comes from lyrics written by Thomas Moore to accompany a series of Irish tunes arranged for piano by John Stevenson, forming the popular collection titled Irish Melodies, published between 1808 and 1835. His poem "Love's Young Dream" celebrates the bittersweet memories of youthful love, and contains the lines,
Examples
Examples of the phrase's use include: Written works Kitty Crump: a Romance of "Love's Young Dream :" and Other Poems (1871), collection of poems by Frederick Langbridge Love's Young Dream (1877), novel by Frances Eliza Millett Notley Love's Young Dream (), novel by Laura Jean Libbey Love's Young Dream (1910), novel by Samuel Rutherford Crockett Love's Young Dream (1914), novel by Effie Adelaide Rowlands "Love's Young Dream" (1989), poem in the collection Shadows of Dreams by Robert E. Howard
Plays Love's Young Dream – A Domestic Drama in One Act (1882), by Anonymous Love's Young Dream (1916), by Radcliffe Martin Love's Young Dream (1918), by Eva Elwes
Films "Love's Young Dream", chapter in The Mark of the Lash (1911) Mr. Jarr and Love's Young Dream (1915, short), starring Harry Davenport Love's Young Dream (1925), starring Lawrence B. McGill "Love's Young Dream", sung by Shirley Temple in The Little Colonel (1935)
TV "Love's Young Dream" (1960), episode of Have Gun – Will Travel "Love's Young Dream" (1987), episode of Me and My Girl "Love's Young Dream" (2018), episode of 24 Hours in A&E
Music "Love's Young Dream Waltz" (Knight), from the 1866 collection Favorite Waltzes Made Easy "Love's Young Dream" (1961), B-side of a single by Johnny Nash "Love's Young Dream", from the albums Merseybeast (1996) and Boots (2003) by Ian McNabb "Love's Young Dream", from the album Sleep Has His House (2000) by Current 93 "Love's Young Dream", from the album The Deep Blue (2007) by Charlotte Hatherley
Paintings Love's Young Dream (), by William Henry Kearney Love's Young Dream (), by John Burr Love's Young Dream (1883), by Henrietta Rae Love's Young Dream (1887), by Jennie Augusta Brownscombe
Journalism "Kit Harington and Rose Leslie look like love’s young dream in unearthed pictures" "Katy Perry & Orlando Bloom Look Like Love’s Young Dream In Previously Unseen Photos" References