I LOVE, they said, is faint and dying; Love, they said, is worn and old,— Chained with custom, bought with gold;— Hark! I heard his voice replying, "Though ye flout him, what are ye? Love is master; Love is free!" II Love, they said, not long will linger,— Slights his chosen, leaves his own;— Woe's the heart whence Love has flown, Touched in spring with autumn's finger! —Nay, your doubts have done him wrong, Love is deathless, Love is strong! III Love can bind with lightest tether Heart to heart and soul to soul;— Nay, what law but Love's control Links our life and death together?— Perfect Love has banished fear; Love is heaven, and Love is here! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOMAGE TO SEXTUS PROPERTIUS: 11 by EZRA POUND THE POET'S BRIDAL DAY SONG by ALLAN CUNNINGHAM THE FLYING DUTCHMAN by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON SONNET: AT MY WORD by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON A SONG OF SALVATION by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE |