Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, IF LOVE WERE ALL, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE


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IF LOVE WERE ALL, by                    
First Line: If love were all, then might not thou and I
Last Line: Lest in my blinding need god were forgot!
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Hearts; Love


IF Love were all, then might not thou and I
Seek out some plot of Earth before we die,
And live and breathe into each other's being
The happiness which seems beyond our seeing?

If Love were all, then might I take thy hand
—Fearless of Fate, so thou and Love command!
How poor soe'er thy lot, no cloud could be
Too big that did encompass thee and me!

If Love were all, then on that all I'd cast
My life, my honour—all that Fame holds fast;
For, O my love! how could I give thee less?
How set close bounds to Love's divine excess?

But Love is only Love when it doth bind
Hearts to themselves, with Godhead intertwined.
If I should yield, my love—Ah, tempt me not,
Lest in my blinding need God were forgot!





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