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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN OLD SAYING, by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Many waters cannot quench love
Last Line: As a seal upon thine arm.
Subject(s): Love; Soul; Water
First Line: Many waters cannot quench love
Last Line: As a seal upon thine arm.
Subject(s): Love; Soul; Water
MANY waters cannot quench love,
Neither can the floods drown it.
Who shall snare or slay the white dove
Faith, whose very dreams crown it,
Gird it round with grace and peace, deep,
Warm, and pure, and soft as sweet sleep?
Many waters cannot quench love,
Neither can the floods drown it.
Set me as a seal upon thine heart,
As a seal upon thine arm.
How should we behold the days depart
And the nights resign their charm?
Love is as the soul: though hate and fear
Waste and overthrow, they strike not here.
Set me as a seal upon thine heart,
As a seal upon thine arm.
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