The Best Poems About Love of All Time
Love, the Eternal Muse
Love has been the subject of countless poems throughout the centuries. From Shakespearean sonnets to modern verses, poets have tried to capture the essence of this complex and powerful emotion. Here, we present a curated selection of the best poems about love of all time, each offering a unique perspective on this timeless theme.
Sonnet 18 - William Shakespeare
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 dimmed;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimmed;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wanderest in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou growest:
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
How Do I Love Thee? - Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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 everyday's
Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight.
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 but love thee better after death.
Love's Philosophy - Percy Bysshe Shelley
And the rivers with the ocean,
The winds of heaven mix forever
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?
These poems, among many others, stand as timeless testaments to the power of love. Whether it be Shakespeare's romantic comparisons or Barrett Browning's profound declaration, each poem captures a different facet of this complex emotion. Love, in all its manifestations, continues to inspire poets and resonate with readers throughout the ages.
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