Love Poems – Page 2840
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To a Portrait
A Pensive photograph / Watches me from the shelf— / Ghost of old love, and half … -
“When in the chronicle of wasted time”
Sonnet Cvi. / when in the chronicle of wasted time / I see descriptions of the fairest wights, … -
“Shall I compare thee?”
Sonnet Xviii. / shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? / Thou art more lovely and more temperate: … -
“Give place, ye lovers”
Give place, ye lovers, here before / That spent your boasts and brags in vain; / My lady’s beauty passeth more … -
“The forward violet thus did I chide”
Sonnet Xcix. / the FORWARD violet thus did I chide:— / Sweet thief, whence did thou steal thy sweet that smells, … -
“There is a garden in her face”
From “An Houre’s Recreation in Musicke,” 1606 / THERE is a garden in her face, / Where roses and white lilies blow; … -
Portia’s Picture
From “The Merchant of Venice,” Act III. Sc. 2. / FAIR Portia’s counterfeit? What demi-god / Hath come so near creation? Move these eyes? … -
Song: “The shape alone let others prize”
The Shape alone let others prize, / The features of the fair: / I look for spirit in her eyes, … -
Triumph of Charis
See the chariot at hand here of Love! / Wherein my lady rideth! / Each that draws is a swan, or a dove, … -
Belinda
From “The Rape of the Lock,” Canto II. ll. 7–18. / ON her white breast a sparkling cross she wore, / Which Jews might kiss, and Infidels adore, …
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