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! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MERELY STATEMENT by AMY LOWELL O GLORIOUS FRANCE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THE LAST JUDGMENT by JOHN CROWE RANSOM TWO SONNETS: 1 by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON ASPIRATIONS OF A COUNTRY LAD by GEORGE SANTAYANA DEDICATION OF THE FIRST SONNETS TO A FRIEND ... by GEORGE SANTAYANA |