Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, POEM, by KARL VON HALM


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First Line: My heart, I will but ask thee
Last Line: Love does not speak, but loves.'
Subject(s): Love; Poetry & Poets


MY heart, I will but ask thee,
What love is, how begun?—
'Two souls and one existence,
Two hearts that beat in one.'

And tell me whence love comes, then?—
'Love comes and straight is here.'
And say, how does love vanish?—
'Such was not love, 'tis clear.'

And which love is the purest?—
'Forgetting self 'tis best.'
How mark the love that's deepest?—
''Tis stiller than the rest.'

And when is love the richest?—
'When love a spendthrift proves.'
Tell me, what is love's language?—
'Love does not speak, but loves.'





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