To seek each where, where man doth live, The sea, the land, the rock, the clive, France, Spain, and Ind and everywhere Is none a greater gift to give Less set by oft and is so lief and dear, Dare I well say, than that I give to year. I cannot give brooches nor rings, These goldsmith's work and goodly things, Piery nor pearl orient and clear; But for all that is no man brings Liefer jewel unto his lady dear, Dare I well say than that I give to year. Nor I seek not to fetch it far, Worse is it not though it be narr, And as it is doth appear Uncounterfeit, mistrust to bar, Left whole and pure, withouten peer, Dare I well say the gift I give to year. To thee, therefore, the same retain; The like of thee to have again France would I give if mine it were. Is none alive in whom doth reign Lesser disdain. Freely, therefore, lo here Dare I well give, I say, my heart to year. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WITH FLOWERS by EMILY DICKINSON I SAW THREE SHIPS by MOTHER GOOSE A YOUTH TO HIS FATHER by WALTER R. ADAMS RARE DESTINY by FLORA LOUISE BAILEY GREENES FUNERALLS: SONNET 6 by RICHARD BARNFIELD VERSES TO HER WHO IS JUSTLY ENTITLED TO THEM by BERNARD BARTON THE PRINCE OF PEACE by EDWARD HENRY BICKERSTETH A QUARTET ('THE MIKADO' AT CAMBRIDGE) by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |