Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET: 9, by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My love, I have no fear that thou shouldst die Last Line: That they who love are but one step from heaven. Subject(s): Home; Love - Marital; Wedded Love; Marriage - Love | ||||||||
MY Love, I have no fear that thou shouldst die; Albeit I ask no fairer life than this, Whose numbering-clock is still thy gentle kiss, While Time and Peace with hands unlocked fly, -- Yet care I not where in Eternity We live and love, well knowing that there is No backward step for those who feel the bliss Of Faith as their most lofty yearnings high: Love hath so purified my being's core, Meseems I scarcely should be startled, even, To find, some morn, that thou hadst gone before; Since, with thy love, this knowledge too was given, Which each calm day doth strengthen more and more, That they who love are but one step from Heaven. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO MY WIFE by GEORGE WASHINGTON BETHUNE VARIATION ON THE WORD SLEEP by MARGARET ATWOOD IN THE MONTH OF MAY by ROBERT BLY AFTER THE BURIAL by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL |
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