Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SMALL IS THE TRUST WHEN LOVE IS GREEN, by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Your kisses and your tears Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Robert Lewis Balfour Subject(s): Love – Nature Of | ||||||||
Small is the trust when love is green In sap of early years; A little thing steps in between And kisses turn to tears. Awhile''"and see how love be grown In loveliness and power! Awhile, it loves the sweets alone, But next it loves the sour. A little love is none at all That wanders or that fears; A hearty love dwells still at call To kisses or to tears. Such then be mine, my love to give, And such be yours to take:''" A faith to hold, a life to live, For lovingkindness' sake: Should you be sad, should you be gay, Or should you prove unkind, A love to hold the growing way And keep the helping mind:''" A love to turn the laugh on care When wrinkled care appears, And, with an equal will, to share Your kisses and your tears. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CRY GOING OUT OVER PASTURES by ROBERT BLY AND KNEELING AT THE EDGE OF THE TRANSPARENT SEA I SHALL SHAPE FOR ... by ANNE CARSON THE GLASS ESSAY by ANNE CARSON AMONG MY FRIENDS LOVE IS A GREAT SORROW by ROBERT DUNCAN CHOSEN BY THE LION by LINDA GREGG THE SMALL THING LOVE IS by LINDA GREGG ADVISING MYSELF by PHILIP LEVINE A GOOD PLAY by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON |
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