Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOVE (2), by RALPH WALDO EMERSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Love / asks nought his brother cannot give Last Line: Himself & his love intervene. Subject(s): Love | ||||||||
-- -- Love Asks nought his brother cannot give Asks nothing but does all receive Love calls not to his aid events He to his wants can well suffice Asks not of others soft consents Nor kind Occasion without eyes Nor plots to ope or bolt a gate Nor heeds Condition's iron walls Where he goes, goes before him Fate; Whom he uniteth God instals; Instant & perfect his access To the dear object of his thought, Though foes & lands & seas between Himself & his love intervene. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD |
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