I love you with a passion -- holy, deep -- Not altogether free from warm desire, But with a passion purified, as fire Consumes the dross and seeks the gold to keep. My love for you transcends such petty things As searing jealousy . . . embittered words; With the unfettered certainty of birds It soars aloft on unfurled, silver wings. This love I bear has been my sole concern; I have not reckoned what you bring to me Nor asked of you a pledged fidelity; My only care is that my altar burn. If you would go, I could not say you nay; But paradise is ours if you would stay. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NOTES FOR THE FIRST LINE OF A SPANISH POEM by JAMES GALVIN ODE TO THE BROWN PAPER BAG by JAMES GALVIN GOSSAMER by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON MODULATIONS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON TO SAMUEL COLERIDGE UPON HEARING HIS 'SOME I FEEL LIKE A MOTHERLESS..' by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON |