LOVE lies bleeding in the bed whereover Roses lean with smiling mouths or pleading: Earth lies laughing where the sun's dart clove her: Love lies bleeding. Stately shine his purple plumes, exceeding Pride of princess: nor shall maid or lover Find on earth a fairer sign worth heeding. Yet may love, sore wounded, scarce recover Strength and spirit again, with life receding: Hope and joy, wind-winged, about him hover: Love lies bleeding. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WILD GAZELLE by GEORGE GORDON BYRON THE HUMBLE-BEE by RALPH WALDO EMERSON EPITAPHS OF THE WAR, 1914-18: COMMON FORM by RUDYARD KIPLING ALONZO THE BRAVE AND THE FAIR IMOGINE by MATTHEW GREGORY LEWIS STRANGE MEETING by WILFRED OWEN |