LOVE me or not, love her I must or die; Leave me or not, follow her, needs must I. O that her grace would my wished comforts give! How rich in her, how happy should I live! All my desire, all my delight should be, Her to enjoy, her to unite to me: Envy should cease, her would I love alone: Who loves by looks, is seldom true to one. Could I enchant, and that it lawful were, Her would I charm softly that none should hear. But love enforced rarely yields firm content; So would I love that neither should repent. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ADDRESS TO THE UNCO GUID, OR THE RIGIDLY RIGHTEOUS by ROBERT BURNS MY AIN COUNTREE by ALLAN CUNNINGHAM THE VOICE by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON NOT DEAD by ROBERT RANKE GRAVES MEN WHO MARCH AWAY' (SONG OF THE SOLDIERS) by THOMAS HARDY A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 52 by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN THE PICTURE OF LITTLE T.C. IN A PROSPECT OF FLOWERS by ANDREW MARVELL |