Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOVE'S TIMIDITY, by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I do not ask to offer thee Last Line: May pray for thee and weep. Alternate Author Name(s): L. E. L.; Maclean, Letitia Subject(s): Love | ||||||||
I DO not ask to offer thee A timid love like mine; I lay it, as the rose is laid On some immortal shrine. I have no hope in loving thee, I only ask to love; I brood upon my silent heart, As on its nest the dove. But little have I been beloved, Sad, silent, and alone: And yet I feel, in loving thee, The wide world is mine own. Thine is the name I breathe to Heaven, Thy face is on my sleep; I only ask that love like this May pray for thee and weep. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD CALYPSO WATCHING THE OCEAN by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON |
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