If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were loved by wife, then thee; If ever wife was happy in a man, Compare with me, ye women, if you can. I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold, Or all the riches that the East doth hold. My love is such that rivers cannot quench, Nor aught but love from thee, give recompense. Thy love is such I can no way repay, The heavens reward thee manifold, I pray. Then while we live, in love let's so persever That when we live no more, we may live ever. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AN ELEGY UPON THE DEATH OF DOCTOR DONNE, DEAN OF PAUL'S by THOMAS CAREW THE PAST IS THE PRESENT by MARIANNE MOORE THE ORPHAN BOY'S TALE by AMELIA OPIE YOUR LAD, AND MY LAD by RANDALL PARRISH FEBRUARY THAW by KENNETH SLADE ALLING |