First, last, and dearest, My love, mine own, Thee best beloved, Thee love alone, Once and for ever So love I thee. First as a suppliant Love makes his moan, Then as a monarch Sets up his throne: Once and for ever -- So love I thee. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VOLPONE: TO CELIA by GAIUS VALERIUS CATULLUS AN EPITAPH ON M.H. by CHARLES COTTON THE PARTING OF THE WAYS by JOSEPH BENSON GILDER THE SIGN OF THE CROSS by JOHN HENRY NEWMAN 23RD STREET RUNS INTO HEAVEN by KENNETH PATCHEN |