We can't all be great love poets and so, have to admit we may need some help in this department. It's sometimes difficult to tell the people we love how we feel about them; we don't always have the right words to tell them what we feel in our hearts.
At the special or memorable moments in our lives, an anniversary, birthday or even when saying goodbye to someone, we might want to turn to the great poets of the past for inspiration. Whether the words of love you are trying to say are to your romantic love, beloved family member or a dear friend, Words of Love brings you all the most famous love poetry from poets like Keats, Shelley, Shakespeare and Barrett Browning.
Requested Poem:
This poem has been requested by one of our visitors, I thought I would share it with you as it is a
delightful poem with a whimsical playfulness which, I'm sure, was thought to be
very risqué in the Eighteenth century, I first came across it in an anthology of
love poetry and prose.
I Gently
Touched Her Hand
I
gently touched her hand: she gave
A
look that did my soul enslave;
I
pressed her rebel lips in vain:
They rose up to be pressed again.
Thus happy, I no further meant,
Than to be pleased and innocent.
On her soft breast my hand I laid,
And a quick, light impression made;
They with a kindly warmth did glow,
And swelled, and seemed to overflow.
Yet, trust me, I no further meant,
Than to be pleased and innocent.
On her eyes my eyes did stay:
O’er her smooth limbs my hands did stray;
Each sense was ravished with delight,
And my soul stood prepared for flight.
Blame me not if at last I meant
More to be pleased than innocent.
Anonymous – Eighteenth Century.
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The Poems and Quotes about love that you will find here are some of my favourite, they offer the inspiration and motivation you need to speak from your heart. Good poetry and quotations are a resource and aid to be used and it enables us to better understand ourselves and others.
If you have already had the good fortune to come across just the right poem or quote at the right moment you will know what a blessing it can be. Love Poetry can help you move through chaos and confusion to calm and clarity.
It is a testament to the power of poetry and quotations that the right words at the right time can change your life. If you are seeking to unlock something in your head or heart, you will find it here in just the right combination of empowering words.
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Love Poems and Love Quotes to be found here.
Love Poems by:
William Shakespeare
1564 - 1616
Elizabeth Barrett-Browning 1806 - 1861
George Gissing
1857 - 1903
Sir Walter Raleigh
1552
- 1618
John
Clare 1793 - 1864
Emily Dickinson
1830 -
1886
Robert Burns
1759 – 1796
Anne Bradstreet
1612 - 1672
Lord Byron
George Gordon 1788 – 1824
Love Quotes by:
Victor Hugo 1802 - 1885
Benjamin Disraeli
1804 - 1881
Alfred Lord Tennyson
1809 -
1892
Robert Browning
1812 - 1889
Henry David Thoreau
1817 -
1862
Edmond Rostand
1868 - 1918
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Here is a preview of some of the best poems
about love to be found on this site.
"I ne'er was struck before
that hour
With love so sudden and so
sweet,
Her face it bloomed like a
sweet flower
And stole my heart away
complete."
John Clare 1793 - 1864
Deep as first love, and wild
with all regret.
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Heart, we will forget him,
You and I, tonight!
You must forget the warmth he gave,
I will forget the light.
Emily Dickinson 1830 -
1886
Grow old along with me! The
best is yet to be.
Robert Browning
O my Luve's like a red, red
rose,
That's newly sprung in June;
O my Luve's like the melodie
That's sweetly played in tune.
Robert Burns 1759 – 1796
There is no remedy but to love
more.
Henry David Thoreau
She walks in beauty, like the
night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that's best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes:
Thus mellow'd to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
George, Gordon - Lord Byron -
1788 – 1824
Take my heart; I shall have it all the more;
Plucking the flowers, we keep the plant in bloom.
Edmond Rostand
