Love Poems – Page 4040

Love

From the “Lay of the Last Minstrel,” Canto III.
AND said I that my limbs were old,
And said I that my blood was cold, …

Sir Walter Scott English
Why?

Why came the rose? Because the sun, in shining,
Found in the mold some atoms rare and fine:
And, stooping, drew and warmed them into growing,— …

Mary Louise Ritter English
“Love not me for comely grace”

Love not me for comely grace,
For my pleasing eye or face,
Nor for any outward part, …

Anonymous English
Light

The Night has a thousand eyes,
The day but one;
Yet the light of the bright world dies …

Francis William Bourdillon English
“O mistress mine”

From “Twelfth Night,” Act II. Sc. 3.
O MISTRESS mine, where are you roaming?
O, stay and hear! your true-love ’s coming …

William Shakespeare English
Life

O Life! that mystery that no man knows,
And all men ask: the Arab from his sands,
The Cæsar’s self, lifting imperial hands, …

Lizzie M. Little English
“Tell me, my heart, if this be love”

When Delia on the plain appears,
Awed by a thousand tender fears,
I would approach, but dare not move;— …

George, Lord Lyttelton English
The Kiss

1. AMONG thy fancies tell me this:
What is the thing we call a kiss?
2. I shall resolve ye what it is: …

Robert Herrick English
Love’s Philosophy

The Fountains mingle with the river,
And the rivers with the ocean;
The winds of heaven mix forever, …

Percy Bysshe Shelley English
Caprice

I.
she hung the cage at the window,
“If he goes by,” she said, …

William Dean Howells English