Romantic Love Poems
 Sonnet From The Portugese XLIII Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Sonnet on love How do I love thee? How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of Being and ideal Grace. I love thee to the level of every day's Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light. I love thee freely, as men strive for Right; I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise. I love thee with the passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith. I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With my lost saints,--I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life!--and, If God choose, I shall love thee better after death. If thou must love me, let it be for naught Except for love's sake only. Do not say "I love her for her smile--her look--her way Of speaking gently,--for a trick of thought That falls in well with mine, and certes brought A sense of pleasant ease on such a day"-- For these things in themselves, Beloved, may Be changed, or change for thee--and love, so wrought, May be unwrought so. Neither love me for Thine own dear pity's wiping my cheeks dry: A creature might forget to weep, who bore Thy comfort long, and love thy love thereby! But love me for love's sake, that evermore Thou mayst love on, through love's eternity. Love's Philosophy Percy Bysshe Shelley The Fountains mingle with the River and the Rivers with the Ocean, the winds of Heaven mix for ever with a sweet emotion; Nothing in the world is single; All things by a law divine in one spirit meet and mingle. Why not I with thine?-see the mountains kiss high Heaven and the waves clasp one another; No sister-flower would be forgiven if it disdained its brother, and the sunlight clasps the earth and the moonbeams kiss the sea: What is all this sweet work worth if thou kiss not me? from Will You Give Me Yourself? Walt Whitman I give you my love, more precious than money, I give you myself before preaching or law: Will you give me yourself? Will you come travel with me? Shall we stick by each other as long as we live? True Love Author Unknown True love is a sacred flame That burns eternally, And none can dim its special glow Or change its destiny. True love speaks in tender tones And hears with gentle ear, True love gives with open heart And true love conquers fear. True love makes no harsh demands It neither rules nor binds, And true love holds with gentle hands The hearts that it entwines. Love Lives John Clare (1793-1864) Love lives beyond The tomb, the earth, which fades like dew. I love the fond, the faithful, and the true Love lives in sleep, The happiness of healthy dreams Eve's dews may weep, But love delightful seems. 'Tis heard in Spring When light and sunbeams, warm and kind, On angels' wing Bring love and music to the mind, And where is voice, So young, so beautiful and sweet As nature's choice, Where Spring and lovers meet? Love lives beyond The tomb, the earth, the flowers, and dew. I love the fond, The faithful, young and true. Sonnet 18 William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance, or nature's changing course untrimm'd; But thy eternal summer shall not fade, Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st; Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st: So long as man can breath, or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. A White Rose John Boyle O'Reilly (1844-1890) The red rose whispers of passion, And the white rose breathes of love; O the red rose is a falcon, And the white rose is a dove. But I send you a cream-white rosebud With a flush on its petal tips; For the love that is purest and sweetest Has a kiss of desire on the lips. I Wanna Be Yours John Cooper Clarke (b. 1949) I wanna be your vacuum cleaner Breathing in your dust, I wanna be your Ford Cortina I will never rust, If you like your coffee hot Let me be your coffee pot, You call the shots, I wanna be yours. I wanna be your raincoat For those frequent rainy days, I wanna be your dreamboat When you want to sail away, Let me be your teddy bear Take me with you anywhere, I don't care I wanna be yours. I wanna be your electric meter I will not run out, I wanna be the electric heater You'll get cold without, I wanna be your setting lotion Hold your hair in deep devotion, Deep as the deep Atlantic ocean that's how deep is my devotion. Our Love Bruce B. Wilmer Our love is something we have built From passions, hopes and dreams. It's safe from any passing moods, Secure from all extremes. It's something real and special, Something solid, something pure. It's something we can always count on, ringing sound and sure. It's something grounded in the heart, Emitting confidence. It lives in our emotions; It is something we can sense. Our love remains a binding force, Resistant to all strife. Amidst the outer pressures, it's our anchor throughout life. A Birthday Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894) My heart is like a singing bird Whose nest is in a water'd shoot; My heart is like an apple-tree Whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit; My heart is like a rainbow shell That paddles in a halcyon sea; My heart is gladder than all these, Because my love is come to me. Raise me a dais of silk and down; Hand it with vair and purple dyes; Carve it in doves and pomegranates, And peacocks with a hundred eyes; Work it in gold and silver grapes, In leaves and silver fleurs-de-lys; Because the birthday of my life Is come, my love is come to me. Now What Is Love Thomas Rainborow (d. 1648) Now what is love? I pray thee, tell. It is that fountain and that well, Where pleasure and repentance dwell. I Love Thee Thomas Hood (1799-1845) I love thee - I love thee! 'Tis all that I can say; It is my vision in the night, My dreaming in the day; The very echo of my heart, The blessing when I pray: I love thee - I love thee! Is all that I can say. I love thee - I love thee! Is ever on my tongue; In all my proudest poesy That chorus still is sung; It is the verdict of my eyes, Amidst the gay and young: I love thee- I love thee! A thousand maids among. I love thee - I love thee! Thy bright and hazel glance, The mellow lute upon those lips, Whose tender tones entrance; But most, dear heart of hearts, they proofs That still these words enhance. I love thee - I love thee! Whatever be thy chance. Love Rules The Court Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) Love rules the court, The camp, the grove, And men below, and the saints above, For love is heaven and heaven is love. She Walks in Beauty Lord Byron (1788-1824) She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies: And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes: Thus mellow'd to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies. One shade the more, one ray the less Had half impair'd the nameless grace Which waves in every raven tress, Or softly lightens o'er her face: Where thoughts serenely sweet express How pure, how dear their dwelling place. And on that cheek, and o'er that brow, So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, The smiles that win, the tints that glow, But tell of days in goodness spent, A mind at peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent! On Love Thomas a Kempis (1379-1471) Love is a mighty power, a great and complete good. Love alone lightens every burden, and makes rough places smooth. It bears every hardship as though it were nothing, and renders all bitterness sweet and acceptable. Nothing is sweeter than love, Nothing stronger, Nothing higher, Nothing wider, Nothing more pleasant, Nothing fuller or better in heaven or earth; for love is born of God. Love flies, runs and leaps for joy. It is free and unrestrained. Love knows no limits, but ardently transcends all bounds. Love feels no burden, takes no account of toil, attempts things beyond its strength. Love sees nothing as impossible, for it feels able to achieve all things. It is strange and effective, while those who lack love faint and fail. Love is not fickle and sentimental, nor is it intent on vanities. Like a living flame and a burning torch, it surges upward and surely surmounts every obstacle. The Prophet Kahil Gibran (1883-1931) Your friend is your needs answered. He is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving. And he is your board and your fireside. For you come to him with your hunger, and you seek him for peace. When your friend speaks his mind you fear not the "nay" in your own mind, nor do you with hold the "aye". And when he is silent your heart ceases not to listen to his heart: For without words, in friendship, all thoughts, all desires, all expectations are born and shared, with joy that is unclaimed. When you part from your friend, you grieve not; For that which you love most in him may be clearer in his absence, as the mountain to the climber is clearer from the plain. And let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit. For love that seeks aught but the disclosure of its own mystery is not love but a net cast forth: and only the unprofitable is caught. And let your best be for your friend. If he must know the ebb of your tide, let him know its flood also. For what is your friend that you should seek him with hours to kill? Seek him always with hours to live. For it is his to fill your need, but not your emptiness. And in the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed. Excerpt from The Merchant of Venice William Shakespeare (1564-1616) How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank! Here we will sit and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears: soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony. Sit, Jessica. Look how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold: There's not the smallest orb which thou behold'st But in his motion like an angel sings, Still quiring to the young-eyed cherubins. Such harmony is in immortal souls; But whilst this muddy vesture of decay Doth grossly close it in, we cannot hear it. You Are My Life Author Unknown Within you I lose myself Without you I find myself Wanting to be lost again. Irish Blessing Traditional May the road rise to meet you, May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face, The rains fall soft upon your fields. And until we meet again, May God hold you in the palm of his hand. May God be with you and bless you: May you see your children's children. May you be poor in misfortune, Rich in blessings. May you know nothing but happiness From this day forward. May the road rise up to meet you May the wind be always at your back May the warm rays of sun fall upon your home And may the hand of a friend always be near. May green be the grass you walk on, May blue be the skies above you, May pure be the joys that surround you, May true be the hearts that love you. |
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