To My Dear and Loving Husband

If ever two were one, then surely we.
If ever man were lov'd by wife, then thee;
If ever wife was happy in a man,
Compare with me ye women if you can.
I prize thy love more then whole mines of gold,
Or all the riches that the East doth hold.
My love is such...

Poet: Anne Bradstreet
On Her Loving Two Equally

I

How strong does my passion flow,
Divided equally twixt two?
Damon had ne'er subdued my heart
Had not Alexis took his part;
Nor could Alexis powerful prove,
Without my Damon's aid, to gain my love.

II

When my Alexis present is,
Then I for Damon...

Poet: Aphra Behn
Sonnet: “Loving in truth, and fain in verse my love to show”

From “Astrophel and Stella”
LOVING in truth, and fain in verse my love to show,
That she, dear she, might take some pleasure of my pain,—
Pleasure might cause her read, reading might make her know,
Knowledge might pity win, and pity grace obtain,—
I sought...

Poet: Sir Philip Sidney
Till Death — is narrow Loving —

Till Death — is narrow Loving —

The scantest Heart extant

Will hold you till your privilege

Of Finiteness — be spent —


But He whose loss procures you

Such Destitution that

Your Life too abject for...

Poet: