|
|
|
|
Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOVE IS LIFE, by RICHARD ROLLE OF HAMPOLE Poet's Biography First Line: Love is a light burden that gladdeneth young and old Last Line: Hold and fold us all beneath the shadow of thy wing. | |||
Love is a light burden that gladdeneth young and old; Love is that blood-red winter's rose which blossometh in the cold; He that giveth all to Love hath all that heart can hold. Fond desire shall fade and fail as doth the flower in May; Lust is but a fire of straw that smouldereth for a day; Love that liveth in thy heart shall live and love for aye. Thou that, on the Cross of Love, wast crowned of lovers King, Melt this iron Winter, Lord, to Love's eternal Spring; Hold and fold us all beneath the shadow of Thy wing. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LYRIC by RICHARD ROLLE OF HAMPOLE THE FIVE JOYS OF THE VIRGIN MARY by RICHARD ROLLE OF HAMPOLE THE SLAVE'S DREAM by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW DEATH AND CUPID; AN ALLEGORY by JOHN GODFREY SAXE MICHAEL; A PASTORAL POEM by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH ON THE AMOROUS AND PATHETIC STORY OF ARCADIUS AND SEPHA by L. B. THE RIVER STOUR by WILLIAM BARNES GOOD FRYDAY by JOSEPH BEAUMONT SEEING A STRANGE WOMAN DEAD by A. G. BECKMANN |
| |