Theme · 540 poems
Love Poems
From Shakespeare's vows to Burns's red rose, these are the love poems people have pressed into letters, read at weddings, and copied into anniversary cards for centuries — alongside short modern verses ready for tonight's text message.
Love poetry covers more ground than any other kind, because love does: first crushes and fiftieth anniversaries, declarations and apologies, the beloved present and the beloved missed. The canon's pillars — Shakespeare's Sonnet 116 on love that 'alters not,' Browning counting the ways, Burns's rose newly sprung in June — have survived four centuries of weddings without wearing out.
Choosing one is simpler than it looks: read a few aloud and pick the poem that sounds like something you would actually say. Then add one plain sentence of your own underneath. The classic carries the eloquence; your sentence carries the proof.
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When You Are Old
W. B. Yeats · 1893
When you are old and grey and full of sleep,And nodding by the fire, take down this book,And slowly read, and dream of the soft look
12 lines · lyric
To My Dear and Loving Husband
Anne Bradstreet · 1678
If ever two were one, then surely we.If ever man were lov'd by wife, then thee.If ever wife was happy in a man,
12 lines · lyric
Sonnet 18: Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
William Shakespeare · 1609
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate:Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
14 lines · sonnet
Sonnet 116: Let me not to the marriage of true minds
William Shakespeare · 1609
Let me not to the marriage of true mindsAdmit impediments. Love is not loveWhich alters when it alteration finds,
14 lines · sonnet
How Do I Love Thee? (Sonnet 43)
Elizabeth Barrett Browning · 1850
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.I love thee to the depth and breadth and heightMy soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
14 lines · sonnet
Remember
Christina Rossetti · 1862
Remember me when I am gone away,Gone far away into the silent land;When you can no more hold me by the hand,
14 lines · sonnet
Sonnet 29: When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes
William Shakespeare · 1609
When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyesI all alone beweep my outcast state,And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
14 lines · sonnet
Sonnet 73: That time of year thou mayst in me behold
William Shakespeare · 1609
That time of year thou mayst in me beholdWhen yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hangUpon those boughs which shake against the cold,
14 lines · sonnet
A Red, Red Rose
Robert Burns · 1794
O my Luve is like a red, red roseThat's newly sprung in June;O my Luve is like the melody
16 lines · ballad
A Birthday
Christina Rossetti · 1861
My heart is like a singing birdWhose nest is in a water'd shoot;My heart is like an apple-tree
16 lines · lyric
She Walks in Beauty
Lord Byron · 1814
She walks in beauty, like the nightOf cloudless climes and starry skies;And all that's best of dark and bright
18 lines · lyric
The Owl and the Pussy-Cat
Edward Lear · 1871
The Owl and the Pussy-Cat went to seaIn a beautiful pea-green boat;They took some honey, and plenty of money
23 lines · nonsense
Dover Beach
Matthew Arnold · 1867
The sea is calm to-night.The tide is full, the moon lies fairUpon the straits; on the French coast, the light
37 lines · lyric
Annabel Lee
Edgar Allan Poe · 1849
It was many and many a year ago,In a kingdom by the sea,That a maiden there lived whom you may know
41 lines · ballad
Ode On A Grecian Urn
John Keats · 1820
Thou still unravish'd bride of quietness, Thou foster-child of silence and slow time,Sylvan historian, who canst thus express
50 lines · ode
Thou and I (opening couplet)
Rumi (Jalāl al-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī)
Happy the moment when we are seated in the Palace, thou and I,With two forms and with two figures but with one soul, thou and I.
2 lines · ghazal
Delight in Disorder
Robert Herrick · 1648
Delight in Disorder. Alfred Pollard, ed. 1898. The Hesperides & Noble Numbers.Delight in Disorder. Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.
2 lines · lyric
I Shall Not Care
Sara Teasdale · 1915
Teasdale, Sara (1915), "I Shall Not Care" in Rivers to the Sea.Teasdale, Sara (1917), "I Shall Not Care" in Love Songs.
2 lines · lyric
Roses Are Red (Pizza Edition)
The QuillOak Editors
Roses are red, marinara is too;I ordered a large just to split it with you.Some people want sonnets, the moon, or the weather —
4 lines · roses are red
Roses Are Red (The Wifi Is Down)
The QuillOak Editors
Roses are red, the wifi is dead,the router's unplugged at the foot of the bed.No streaming, no scrolling, no feed to refresh —
4 lines · roses are red
Roses Are Red (Yes, It's Another One of These)
The QuillOak Editors
Roses are red, this format is tired,I had until midnight; a poem was required.But cliché or not, every word here is true:
4 lines · roses are red
Roses Are Red (For Her, Who Hates Mornings)
The QuillOak Editors
Roses are red, the kettle is on,you're grumpy and gorgeous each day before dawn;and I'd give up sunrises, gladly, forever,
4 lines · roses are red
Roses Are Red (But They Fade in a Day)
The QuillOak Editors
Roses are red, but they fade in a day;the chocolates get eaten, the cards thrown away.So here is the one gift that time won't undo:
4 lines · roses are red
Roses Are Red (For the One Who Steals the Blankets)
The QuillOak Editors
Roses are red, my feet are like ice,you've stolen the duvet — not once, dear, but twice;yet I'd shiver forever, frostbitten and blue,
4 lines · roses are red
Roses Are Red (For the Man Who Fixes Things)
The QuillOak Editors
Roses are red. The stair doesn't squeak,the door doesn't stick — you fixed both this week.Some men declare love with a speech or a song;
4 lines · roses are red
Roses Are Red (His Hand Finds Mine)
The QuillOak Editors
Roses are red, your hand finds my handin crowds, in the car, without thought, without plan;and that, more than roses, is how I stay sure:
4 lines · roses are red
Roses Are Red (You're Hopeless at Dancing)
The QuillOak Editors
Roses are red, you're hopeless at dancing,but somehow you're great at this whole romancing:you remember my coffee, my mother, my dreams —
4 lines · roses are red
Roses Are Red (I Would Still Pick You)
The QuillOak Editors
Roses are red, as they were at the start,when I practiced your name and rehearsed every part;the petals have changed, but the question stays true:
4 lines · roses are red
One More Year of We
The QuillOak Editors
One more year of "where's my keys?",of "taste this," and "come see" —one more year I'd trade for nothing:
4 lines · quatrain
L-O-V-E (an Acrostic)
The QuillOak Editors
Listening, even to the boring parts,Overlooking the socks on the floor,Voting for you, every day, in everything,
4 lines · acrostic
His Heart was darker than the starless night
Emily Dickinson
His Heart was darker than the starless nightFor that there is a mornBut in this black Receptacle
4 lines · lyric
Where Roses would not dare to go
Emily Dickinson
Where Roses would not dare to go,What Heart would risk the way —And so I send my Crimson Scouts
4 lines · lyric
Encouraged
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Because you love me I have much achieved,Had you despised me then I must have failed,But since I knew you trusted and believed,
4 lines · lyric
To Harriet
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Ever as now with Love and Virtue's glowMay thy unwithering soul not cease to burn,Still may thine heart with those pure thoughts o'erflow
4 lines · lyric
Epitaph for William Nicol, High School, Edinburgh
Robert Burns
YE maggots, feed on Nicol’s brain, For few sic feasts you’ve gotten;And fix your claws in Nicol’s heart,
4 lines · lyric
Upon His Sister-in-law, Mistress Elizabethherrick
Robert Herrick
First, for effusions due unto the dead,My solemn vows have here accomplished;Next, how I love thee, that my grief must tell,
4 lines · lyric
Why Flowers Change Colour
Robert Herrick
These fresh beauties, we can prove,Once were virgins, sick of love,Turn'd to flowers: still in some,
4 lines · lyric
To My Mother
Robert Louis Stevenson
You too, my mother, read my rhymesFor love of unforgotten times,And you may chance to hear once more
4 lines · lyric
The Lily
William Blake
The modest Rose puts forth a thorn,The humble sheep a threat'ning horn:While the Lily white shall in love delight,
4 lines · lyric
Thel's Motto
William Blake
Does the Eagle know what is in the pit?Or wilt thou go ask the Mole:Can Wisdom be put in a silver rod?
4 lines · lyric
After the Train
The QuillOak Editors
the train pulls awayand you wave until it bendsout of sight, then stand
5 lines · tanka
The Cedar Box
The QuillOak Editors
folding your lettersinto the cedar box, Ikeep what keeps, and still
5 lines · tanka
The Moon Has Left the Sky (the Midnight Poem)
Sappho
The moon has left the sky;Lost is the Pleiads' light;It is midnight
5 lines · lyric
By homely gift and hindered Words
Emily Dickinson
By homely gift and hindered WordsThe human heart is toldOf Nothing —
5 lines · lyric
Light As The Linnet On My Way I Start
Robert Louis Stevenson
LIGHT as the linnet on my way I start,For all my pack I bear a chartered heart.Forth on the world without a guide or chart,
5 lines · lyric
I was in the darkness
Stephen Crane
I was in the darkness;I could not see my wordsNor the wishes of my heart.
5 lines · lyric
Text Me When You Land
The QuillOak Editors
You rarely say "I love you."You say "text me when you land."You say "I filled your tank this morning."
6 lines · free verse
One Girl (A Combination from Sappho)
Sappho
Like the sweet apple which reddens upon the topmost bough,A-top on the topmost twig, — which the pluckers forgot, somehow, —Forgot it not, nay, but got it not, for none could get it till now.
6 lines · lyric
For largest Woman's Hearth I knew
Emily Dickinson
For largest Woman's Hearth I knew —'Tis little I can do —And yet the largest Woman's Heart
6 lines · lyric
Water, is taught by thirst
Emily Dickinson
Water, is taught by thirst.Land — by the Oceans passed.Transport — by throe —
6 lines · lyric
Give Me Women, Wine, and Snuff
John Keats
GIVE me women, wine, and snuffUntill I cry out "hold, enough!"You may do so sans objection
6 lines · lyric
On Fanny Godwin
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Her voice did quiver as we parted,Yet knew I not that heart was brokenFrom which it came, and I departed
6 lines · lyric
To-Morrow
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Where art thou, beloved To-morrow?When young and old, and strong and weak,Rich and poor, through joy and sorrow,
6 lines · lyric
To His Kinswoman, Mistress Susanna Herrick
Robert Herrick
When I consider, dearest, thou dost stayBut here awhile, to languish and decay;Like to these garden glories, which here be
6 lines · lyric
To Friends At Home
Robert Louis Stevenson
TO friends at home, the lone, the admired, the lostThe gracious old, the lovely young, to MayThe fair, December the beloved,
6 lines · lyric
Primeval my Love for the Woman I Love
Walt Whitman
PRIMEVAL my love for the woman I love,O bride! O wife! more resistless, more enduring than I can tell, the thought of you!Then separate, as disembodied, the purest born,
6 lines · lyric
Two Cups
The QuillOak Editors
Marriage is two cupson one small shelf —not matching, never matching,
7 lines · free verse
What I Mean by Beautiful
The QuillOak Editors
You think it's the dress.It isn't the dress.It's you on a Tuesday,
7 lines · free verse
The Porch Light
The QuillOak Editors
The best part of my commuteis the last turn before our street,when the porch light you leave on
7 lines · free verse
Your Laugh Arrives First
The QuillOak Editors
Your laugh arrives before you do —down hallways, up stairwells,through the bad day I was having.
7 lines · free verse
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- Sonnet 107: Not mine own fears, nor the prophetic soulNot mine own fears, nor the prophetic soul…14 lines
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- Sonnet 122: Thy gift, thy tables, are within my brainThy gift, thy tables, are within my brain…14 lines
- Sonnet 124: If my dear love were but the child of stateIf my dear love were but the child of state,…14 lines
- Sonnet 125: Were't aught to me I bore the canopyWere't aught to me I bore the canopy,…14 lines
- Sonnet 128: How oft when thou, my music, music play'stHow oft when thou, my music, music play'st,…14 lines
- Sonnet 13: O! that you were your self; but, love you areO! that you were your self; but, love you are…14 lines
- Sonnet 131: Thou art as tyrannous, so as thou artThou art as tyrannous, so as thou art,…14 lines
- Sonnet 132: Thine eyes I love, and they, as pitying meThine eyes I love, and they, as pitying me,…14 lines
- Sonnet 133: Beshrew that heart that makes my heart to groanBeshrew that heart that makes my heart to groan…14 lines
- Sonnet 136: If thy soul check thee that I come so nearIf thy soul check thee that I come so near,…14 lines
- Sonnet 137: Thou blind fool, Love, what dost thou to mine eyesThou blind fool, Love, what dost thou to mine eyes,…14 lines
- Sonnet 138: When my love swears that she is made of truthWhen my love swears that she is made of truth,…14 lines
- Sonnet 139: O! call not me to justify the wrongO! call not me to justify the wrong…14 lines
- Sonnet 140: Be wise as thou art cruel; do not pressBe wise as thou art cruel; do not press…14 lines
- Sonnet 141: In faith I do not love thee with mine eyesIn faith I do not love thee with mine eyes,…14 lines
- Sonnet 142: Love is my sin, and thy dear virtue hateLove is my sin, and thy dear virtue hate,…14 lines
- Sonnet 143: Lo, as a careful housewife runs to catchLo, as a careful housewife runs to catch…14 lines
- Sonnet 144: Two loves I have of comfort and despairTwo loves I have of comfort and despair,…14 lines
- Sonnet 145: Those lips that Love's own hand did makeThose lips that Love's own hand did make,…14 lines
- Sonnet 147: My love is as a fever longing stillMy love is as a fever longing still,…14 lines
- Sonnet 148: O me! what eyes hath Love put in my headO me! what eyes hath Love put in my head,…14 lines
- Sonnet 149: Canst thou, O cruel! say I love thee notCanst thou, O cruel! say I love thee not,…14 lines
- Sonnet 15: When I consider every thing that growsWhen I consider every thing that grows…14 lines
- Sonnet 150: O! from what power hast thou this powerful mightO! from what power hast thou this powerful might,…14 lines
- Sonnet 151: Love is too young to know what conscience isLove is too young to know what conscience is,…14 lines
- Sonnet 152: In loving thee thou know'st I am forswornIn loving thee thou know'st I am forsworn,…14 lines
- Sonnet 153: Cupid laid by his brand and fell asleepCupid laid by his brand and fell asleep:…14 lines
- Sonnet 154: The little Love-god lying once asleepThe little Love-god lying once asleep,…14 lines
- Sonnet 19: Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion's pawsDevouring Time, blunt thou the lion's paws,…14 lines
- Sonnet 20: A woman's face with nature's own hand paintedA woman's face with nature's own hand painted,…14 lines
- Sonnet 21: So is it not with me as with that MuseSo is it not with me as with that Muse,…14 lines
- Sonnet 22: My glass shall not persuade me I am oldMy glass shall not persuade me I am old,…14 lines
- Sonnet 23: As an unperfect actor on the stageAs an unperfect actor on the stage,…14 lines
- Sonnet 24: Mine eye hath play'd the painter and hath stell'dMine eye hath play'd the painter and hath stell'd,…14 lines
- Sonnet 25: Let those who are in favour with their starsLet those who are in favour with their stars…14 lines
- Sonnet 26: Lord of my love, to whom in vassalageLord of my love, to whom in vassalage…14 lines
- Sonnet 3: Look in thy glass and tell the face thou viewestLook in thy glass and tell the face thou viewest…14 lines
- Sonnet 30: When to the sessions of sweet silent thoughtWhen to the sessions of sweet silent thought…14 lines
- Sonnet 31: Thy bosom is endeared with all heartsThy bosom is endeared with all hearts,…14 lines
- Sonnet 32: If thou survive my well-contented dayIf thou survive my well-contented day,…14 lines
- Sonnet 33: Full many a glorious morning have I seenFull many a glorious morning have I seen…14 lines
- Sonnet 34: Why didst thou promise such a beauteous dayWhy didst thou promise such a beauteous day,…14 lines
- Sonnet 35: No more be griev'd at that which thou hast doneNo more be griev'd at that which thou hast done:…14 lines
- Sonnet 36: Let me confess that we two must be twainLet me confess that we two must be twain,…14 lines
- Sonnet 37: As a decrepit father takes delightAs a decrepit father takes delight…14 lines
- Sonnet 39: O! how thy worth with manners may I singO! how thy worth with manners may I sing,…14 lines
- Sonnet 40: Take all my loves, my love, yea take them allTake all my loves, my love, yea take them all;…14 lines
- Sonnet 41: Those pretty wrongs that liberty commitsThose pretty wrongs that liberty commits,…14 lines
- Sonnet 42: That thou hast her it is not all my griefThat thou hast her it is not all my grief,…14 lines
- Sonnet 45: The other two, slight air, and purging fireThe other two, slight air, and purging fire…14 lines
- Sonnet 46: Mine eye and heart are at a mortal warMine eye and heart are at a mortal war,…14 lines
- Sonnet 47: Betwixt mine eye and heart a league is tookBetwixt mine eye and heart a league is took,…14 lines
- Sonnet 49: Against that time, if ever that time comeAgainst that time, if ever that time come,…14 lines
- Sonnet 51: Thus can my love excuse the slow offenceThus can my love excuse the slow offence…14 lines
- Sonnet 53: What is your substance, whereof are you madeWhat is your substance, whereof are you made,…14 lines
- Sonnet 56: Sweet love, renew thy force; be it not saidSweet love, renew thy force; be it not said…14 lines
- Sonnet 57: Being your slave what should I do but tendBeing your slave what should I do but tend,…14 lines
- Sonnet 60: Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shoreLike as the waves make towards the pebbled shore,…14 lines
- Sonnet 61: Is it thy will, thy image should keep openIs it thy will, thy image should keep open…14 lines
- Sonnet 62: Sin of self-love possesseth all mine eyeSin of self-love possesseth all mine eye…14 lines
- Sonnet 63: Against my love shall be as I am nowAgainst my love shall be as I am now,…14 lines
- Sonnet 64: When I have seen by Time's fell hand defac'dWhen I have seen by Time's fell hand defac'd…14 lines
- Sonnet 65: Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless seaSince brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea,…14 lines
- Sonnet 66: Tired with all these, for restful death I cryTired with all these, for restful death I cry,…14 lines
- Sonnet 69: Those parts of thee that the world's eye doth viewThose parts of thee that the world's eye doth view…14 lines
- Sonnet 70: That thou art blam'd shall not be thy defectThat thou art blam'd shall not be thy defect,…14 lines
- Sonnet 71: No longer mourn for me when I am deadNo longer mourn for me when I am dead…14 lines
- Sonnet 72: O! lest the world should task you to reciteO! lest the world should task you to recite…14 lines
- Sonnet 76: Why is my verse so barren of new prideWhy is my verse so barren of new pride,…14 lines
- Sonnet 79: Whilst I alone did call upon thy aidWhilst I alone did call upon thy aid,…14 lines
- Sonnet 80: O! how I faint when I of you do writeO! how I faint when I of you do write,…14 lines
- Sonnet 82: I grant thou wert not married to my MuseI grant thou wert not married to my Muse,…14 lines
- Sonnet 85: My tongue-tied Muse in manners holds her stillMy tongue-tied Muse in manners holds her still,…14 lines
- Sonnet 88: When thou shalt be dispos'd to set me lightWhen thou shalt be dispos'd to set me light,…14 lines
- Sonnet 89: Say that thou didst forsake me for some faultSay that thou didst forsake me for some fault,…14 lines
- Sonnet 9: Is it for fear to wet a widow's eyeIs it for fear to wet a widow's eye,…14 lines
- Sonnet 90: Then hate me when thou wilt; if ever, nowThen hate me when thou wilt; if ever, now;…14 lines
- Sonnet 91: Some glory in their birth, some in their skillSome glory in their birth, some in their skill,…14 lines
- Sonnet 92: But do thy worst to steal thyself awayBut do thy worst to steal thyself away,…14 lines
- Sonnet 93: So shall I live, supposing thou art trueSo shall I live, supposing thou art true,…14 lines
- Sonnet 95: How sweet and lovely dost thou make the shameHow sweet and lovely dost thou make the shame…14 lines
- Sonnet 96: Some say thy fault is youth, some wantonnessSome say thy fault is youth, some wantonness;…14 lines
- Perplexed MusicEXPERIENCE, like a pale musician, holds…15 lines
- Sonnet 19 - The soul's Rialto hath its merchandiseXIX…15 lines
- You see I cannot see—your lifetimeYou see I cannot see — your lifetime —…15 lines
- The Rainy DayThe day is cold, and dark, and dreary…15 lines
- From the Greek of MoschusTan ala tan glaukan otan onemos atrema Balle — k.t.l.…15 lines
- To a StarSweet star, which gleaming o'er the darksome scene…15 lines
- Variation of the Song of the Moon("PROMETHEUS UNBOUND", ACT 4.)…15 lines
- To the Rose: SongGo, happy Rose, and interwove…15 lines
- Sonnet 99: The forward violet thus did I chideThe forward violet thus did I chide:…15 lines
- Love's PhilosophyThe fountains mingle with the river…16 lines
- In Memoriam 82: I wage not any feud with DeathI wage not any feud with Death…16 lines
- SpringBirds' love and birds' song…16 lines
- Song: To Celia (Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes)Drink to me only with thine eyes,…16 lines
- Hymn To Aristogeiton And HarmodiusWreathed in myrtle, my sword I'll conceal,…16 lines
- SongI saw thee on thy bridal day —…16 lines
- A Drop Fell on the Apple TreeA Drop Fell on the Apple Tree —…16 lines
- He told a homely taleHe told a homely tale…16 lines
- I see thee better—in the DarkI see thee better — in the Dark —…16 lines
- Robbed by Death—but that was easyRobbed by Death — but that was easy —…16 lines
- Three times—we parted—Breath—and IThree times — we parted — Breath — and I —…16 lines
- Tie the Strings to my Life, My LordTie the Strings to my Life, My Lord,…16 lines
- Life's TragedyIt may be misery not to sing at all,…16 lines
- DeathDeath is here and death is there,…16 lines
- From the Arabic: An ImitationMy faint spirit was sitting in the light…16 lines
- Lines to a CriticHoney from silkworms who can gather,…16 lines
- OthoThou wert not, Cassius, and thou couldst not be,…16 lines
- Song. Translated From the GermanAh! grasp the dire dagger and couch the fell spear,…16 lines
- SonnetFROM THE ITALIAN OF CAVALCANTI.…16 lines
- To Constantia: Stanzas 1 and 2As restored by Mr. C.D. Locock.…16 lines
- To MaryO Mary dear, that you were here…16 lines
- A Mother’s Lament for her Son’s DeathFATE gave the word, the arrow sped,…16 lines
- Braw Lads o’ Gala WaterBRAW, braw lads on Yarrow-braes,…16 lines
- Farewell to ElizaFROM thee, Eliza, I must go,…16 lines
- I Gaed a Waefu’ Gate YestreenI GAED a waefu’ gate yestreen,…16 lines
- The Flowery banks of CreeHERE is the glen, and here the bower…16 lines
- The Rantin Dog, the Daddie o’tO WHA my babie-clouts will buy?…16 lines
- The Song of DeathFAREWELL, thou fair day, thou green earth, and ye skies,…16 lines
- There’ll never be Peace till Jamie comes hameBY yon Castle wa’, at the close of the day,…16 lines
- Thine am I, my faithful FairTHINE am I, my faithful Fair,…16 lines
- His Mistress to Him at His FarewellYou may vow I'll not forget…16 lines
- To the Willow-treeThou art to all lost love the best,…16 lines
- God Gave To Me A Child In PartGOD gave to me a child in part,…16 lines
- Since Thou Hast Given Me This Good Hope, O GodSINCE thou hast given me this good hope, O God,…16 lines
- Nurse's SongWhen the voices of children are heard on the green,…16 lines
- The AngelI dreamt a dream! What can it mean?…16 lines
- To TirzahWhate'er is born of mortal birth…16 lines
- "Faithful to the end" Amended"Faithful to the end" Amended…17 lines
- Woman's ConstancyNow thou hast loved me one whole day,…17 lines
- Stanzas From Calderon's Cisma De InglaterraTRANSLATED BY MEDWIN AND CORRECTED BY SHELLEY.…17 lines
- Adieu to a SoldierADIEU, O soldier!…17 lines
- Italian Music in DakotaTHROUGH the soft evening air enwrinding all,…17 lines
- Song To Celia - ICome, my Celia, let us prove…18 lines
- A Little Budding RoseIt was a little budding rose,…18 lines
- The SolitaryDar'st thou amid the varied multitude…18 lines
- Time Long PastLike the ghost of a dear friend dead…18 lines
- Art Above Nature: to JuliaWhen I behold a forest spread…18 lines
- To His Saviour, a Child;a Present, by a ChildGo, pretty child, and bear this flower…18 lines
- St. Martin's SummerAS swallows turning backward…18 lines
- EchoCome to me in the silence of the night;…18 lines
- Victoria'Twas dead of the night, when I sat in my dwelling;…19 lines
- Over The Land Is AprilOVER the land is April,…19 lines
- Now I knew I lost herNow I knew I lost her —…20 lines
- Rearrange a "Wife's" affection!Rearrange a "Wife's" affection!…20 lines
- Epilogue to "Asolando"At the midnight in the silence of the sleep-time,…20 lines
- To His Dying Brother, Master William HerrickLife of my life, take not so soon thy flight,…20 lines
- Good and Bad ChildrenChildren, you are very little,…20 lines
- PrayerI ASK good things that I detest,…20 lines
- Unfolded Out of the FoldsUNFOLDED out of the folds of the woman, man comes unfolded, and is always to…20 lines
- A DreamOnce a dream did weave a shade…20 lines
- Divine ImageTo Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love,…20 lines
- The Garden of LoveI laid me down upon a bank,…20 lines
- RomanceRomance, who loves to nod and sing,…21 lines
- Love's RoseHopes, that swell in youthful breasts,…21 lines
- MutabilityThe flower that smiles to-day…21 lines
- The Aziola'Do you not hear the Aziola cry?…21 lines
- To William Shelley(With what truth may I say —…21 lines
- On TimeFly envious Time, till thou run out thy race,…22 lines
- From Spring Days To Winter (For Music)In the glad springtime when leaves were green,…22 lines
- MusicI pant for the music which is divine,…22 lines
- A FaceIf one could have that little head of hers…22 lines
- Mrs Eliz: Wheeler, Under the Name of Thelost ShepherdessAmong the myrtles as I walk'd…22 lines
- The Book of Thel. Part IVThe eternal gates terrific porter lifted the northern bar:…22 lines
- The LakeIn spring of youth it was my lot…23 lines
- There was a man and a womani…23 lines
- The Passionate Shepherd to His LoveCome live with me and be my love,…24 lines
- The Happiest DayThe happiest day — the happiest hour…24 lines
- The FuneralWhoever comes to shroud me, do not harm…24 lines
- The ProhibitionTake heed of loving me;…24 lines
- My Little March GirlCome to the pane, draw the curtain apart,…24 lines
- HopeAnd said I that all hope was fled,…24 lines
- LoveWhy is it said thou canst not live…24 lines
- SongFierce roars the midnight storm…24 lines
- St. Irvyne's TowerHow swiftly through Heaven's wide expanse…24 lines
- The Drowned LoverAh! faint are her limbs, and her footstep is weary,…24 lines
- The Indian SerenadeI arise from dreams of thee…24 lines
- To Sophia [Miss Stacey]Thou art fair, and few are fairer…24 lines
- To EvaO Fair and stately maid, whose eye…24 lines
- A WallO the old wall here! How I could pass…24 lines
- Farewell thou stream that winding flowsFAREWELL, thou stream that winding flows…24 lines
- Inscription to Chloris’TIS Friendship’s pledge, my young, fair Friend,…24 lines
- Lord Gregory: A BalladO MIRK, mirk is this midnight hour,…24 lines
- On the Birth of a Posthumous ChildSWEET flow’ret, pledge o’ meikle love,…24 lines
- Prayer—O Thou Dread PowerO THOU dread Power, who reign’st above,…24 lines
- A Dialogue Betwixt Himself and Mistress Elizawheeler, Under the Name of AmarillisMy dearest Love, since thou wilt go,…24 lines
- Comfort to a Youth That Had Lost His LoveWhat needs complaints,…24 lines
- Behold, As Goblins Dark Of MienBEHOLD, as goblins dark of mien…24 lines
- A Little Boy Lost"Nought loves another as itself,…24 lines
- The Human AbstractPity would be no more…24 lines
- The Nymph's Reply to the ShepherdIf all the world and love were young,…24 lines
- The Song of Wandering AengusI went out to the hazel wood,…24 lines
- Going to Him! Happy letter!Going to Him! Happy letter!…25 lines
- Lines: 'We Meet Not As We Parted'We meet not as we parted,…25 lines
- Earth's AnswerEarth raised up her head…25 lines
- To HeavenGood and great God, can I not think of thee…26 lines
- LenoreAh, broken is the golden bowl! the spirit flown forever!…26 lines
- A Letter to Her HusbandAbsent upon Public Employment…27 lines
- One Sister have I in our houseOne Sister have I in our house,…27 lines
- Song: Go and Catch a Falling StarGo and catch a falling star,…27 lines
- An ExhortationChameleons feed on light and air:…27 lines
- From Vergil's Tenth Eclogue[VERSES 1-26.]…27 lines
- Spring Sound the flute!…27 lines
- Before the Birth of One of Her ChildrenAll things within this fading world hath end,…28 lines
- There came a Day at Summer's fullThere came a Day at Summer's full,…28 lines
- The Reaper and the FlowersThere is a Reaper, whose name is Death,…28 lines
- Air And AngelsTwice or thrice had I loved thee,…28 lines
- DespairAsk not the pallid stranger's woe,…28 lines
- The FarewellFAREWELL, old Scotia’s bleak domains,…28 lines
- To Primroses Filled with Morning DewWhy do ye weep, sweet babes? can tears…28 lines
- Music At The Villa MarinaFOR some abiding central source of power,…28 lines
- Spring CarolWHEN loud by landside streamlets gush,…28 lines
- The Little Black BoyMy mother bore me in the southern wild,…28 lines
- Homer's Hymn to the MoonDaughters of Jove, whose voice is melody,…29 lines
- The Book of Thel. Part IIIThen Thel astonish'd view'd the Worm upon its dewy bed.…29 lines
- From “Later Life”VI…30 lines
- The DreamDear love, for nothing less than thee…30 lines
- The PrimroseUpon this Primrose hill,…30 lines
- At A Solemn MusickBlest pair of Sirens, pledges of Heav'ns joy,…30 lines
- A Farewell to False LoveFarewell, false love, the oracle of lies,…30 lines
- No, Thank You JohnI never said I loved you, John:…31 lines
- Bridal BalladThe ring is on my hand,…31 lines
- The Book of Thel. Part IIO little Cloud the virgin said, I charge thee to tell me…31 lines
- A Hymn to God the FatherHear me, O God!…32 lines
- At HomeWhen I was dead, my spirit turned…32 lines
- To One In ParadiseThou wast that all to me, love,…32 lines
- A Dead RoseO Rose! who dares to name thee?…32 lines
- Come hither, childCome hither, child — who gifted thee…32 lines
- How still, how happy!How still, how happy! Those are words…32 lines
- An April DayWhen the warm sun, that brings…32 lines
- When We Two PartedWhen we two parted…32 lines
- Lines: 'When the Lamp Is Shattered'When the lamp is shattered…32 lines
- On DeathTHERE IS NO WORK, NOR DEVICE, NOR KNOWLEDGE, NOR WISDOM,…32 lines
- Song to the Men of EnglandMen of England, wherefore plough…32 lines
- The Lost LeaderJust for a handful of silver he left us,…32 lines
- Farewell to the Banks of AyrTHE GLOOMY night is gath’ring fast,…32 lines
- Tam GlenMY heart is a-breaking, dear Tittie,…32 lines
- The Charms of Lovely DaviesO HOW shall I, unskilfu’, try…32 lines
- The Farewell to the Brethren of St. James’s Lodge, TarboltonADIEU! a heart-warm fond adieu;…32 lines
- To Mary in HeavenTHOU ling’ring star, with lessening ray,…32 lines
- Gods1…32 lines
- DreamsOh! that my young life were a lasting dream!…34 lines
- A Little Girl LostChildren of the future age,…34 lines
- In Youth I Have Known One_How often we forget all time, when lone…36 lines
- The Light of StarsThe night is come, but not too soon;…36 lines
- Hymn of PanFrom the forests and highlands…36 lines
- The Same(As revised by Mr. C.D. Locock.)…36 lines
- My Father was a Farmer: A BalladMY father was a farmer upon the Carrick border, O,…36 lines
- On a Bank of FlowersON a bank of flowers, in a summer day,…36 lines
- Nature that Washed Her Hands in MilkNature, that washed her hands in milk,…36 lines
- The Rights of Women—Spoken by Miss FontenelleWHILE Europe’s eye is fix’d on mighty things,…38 lines
- Celestial MusicI have a friend who still believes in heaven.…39 lines
- The Rigs o’ BarleyIT was upon a Lammas night,…39 lines
- The Picture Of Little T.C. In A Prospect Of FlowersSee with what simplicity…40 lines
- A Woman's ShortcomingsShe has laughed as softly as if she sighed,…40 lines
- The Landing Of The Pilgrim FathersThe breaking waves dashed high…40 lines
- Footsteps of AngelsWhen the hours of Day are numbered,…40 lines
- Serenade (For Music)The western wind is blowing fair…40 lines
- A Woman's Last WordLet's contend no more, Love,…40 lines
- Incident of the French CampYou know, we French stormed Ratisbon:…40 lines
- Now Spring has clad the grove in greenNOW spring has clad the grove in green,…40 lines
- On Scaring some Water-Fowl in Lock TuritWHY, ye tenants of the lake,…40 lines
- The Dean of Faculty: A new BalladDIRE was the hate at old Harlaw,…40 lines
- These, I, Singing in SpringTHESE, I, singing in spring, collect for lovers,…40 lines
- Sylvander to ClarindaWHEN dear Clarinda, 1 matchless fair,…41 lines
- To Flush, My DogYet, my pretty sportive friend,…42 lines
- ENDYMION (For music)The apple trees are hung with gold,…42 lines
- Ashes of SoldiersASHES of soldiers!…43 lines
- A PæanHow shall the burial rite be read?…44 lines
- A ValentineSent to a friend who had complained that I was glad enough to see…44 lines
- Songs From Pippa PassesDay!…44 lines
- A Christmas Carol, Sung to the King in the Presence at White-HallChorus.…44 lines
- Unnamed LandsNATIONS ten thousand years before These States, and many times ten thousand years before…44 lines
- The Thread of LifeI…45 lines
- The ColiseumType of the antique Rome! Rich reliquary…46 lines
- "De Gustibus—"Your ghost will walk, you lover of trees,…46 lines
- To His Coy MistressHad we but World enough, and Time,…46 lines
- Elegy on the Death of Sir James Hunter BlairTHE LAMP of day, with-ill presaging glare,…47 lines
- Upon My Dear and Loving Husband his Going into England Jan. 16O thou Most High who rulest all…48 lines
- StarsAh! why, because the dazzling sun…48 lines
- The Arsenal at SpringfieldThis is the Arsenal. From floor to ceiling,…48 lines
- A Sea DirgeThere are certain things — as, a spider, a ghost,…48 lines
- Fears and ScruplesHere's my case. Of old I used to love him.…48 lines
- The Laboratory (Ancien Regime)Now that I, tying thy glass mask tightly,…48 lines
- Bonie Jean: A BalladTHERE was a lass, and she was fair,…48 lines
- A Woman Waits for MeA WOMAN waits for me—she contains all, nothing is lacking,…48 lines
- Elegy IX: The AutumnalNo spring nor summer Beauty hath such grace…50 lines
- Phantasmagoria CANTO VII ( Sad Souvenaunce )"WHAT'S this?" I pondered. "Have I slept?…50 lines
- Longings for HomeO MAGNET-SOUTH! O glistening, perfumed South! My South!…50 lines
- IsrafelIn Heaven a spirit doth dwell…51 lines
- In My Solitary Hours in My Dear Husband his AbsenceO Lord, Thou hear'st my daily moan…52 lines
- I Dreamed Of Forest Alleys fairI.…52 lines
- EncouragementWHO dat knockin' at de do'?…56 lines
- A Light WomanSo far as our story approaches the end,…56 lines
- Evelyn HopeBeautiful Evelyn Hope is dead!…56 lines
- My Last DuchessThat's my last Duchess painted on the wall,…56 lines
- ProtusAmong these latter busts we count by scores,…57 lines
- A Thanksgiving to God for His HouseLord, Thou hast given me a cell…58 lines
- Human Life’s MysteryWe sow the glebe, we reap the corn,…60 lines
- FlowersSpake full well, in language quaint and olden,…60 lines
- Porphyria's LoverThe rain set early in to-night,…60 lines
- John Barleycorn: A BalladTHERE was three kings into the east,…60 lines
- Spontaneous MeSPONTANEOUS me, Nature,…61 lines
- Apparent FailureNo, for I'll save it! Seven years since…63 lines
- The Soldier’s Return: A BalladWHEN wild war’s deadly blast was blawn,…64 lines
- A Part of an Odeto the Immortal Memory and Friendship of that noble pair, Sir Lucius Cary and Sir H. Morison…65 lines
- To HelenI saw thee once — once only — years ago:…66 lines
- Time's RevengesI've a Friend, over the sea;…66 lines
- Lays of SorrowThe day was wet, the rain fell souse…69 lines
- Roses And Rue(To L. L.)…69 lines
- Epistle to Mrs. Scott of Wauchope HouseGUDEWIFE,I MIND it weel in early date,…70 lines
- A Pretty WomanThat fawn-skin-dappled hair of hers,…72 lines
- Instans TyrannusOf the million or two, more or less,…72 lines
- Ballad on the American WarWHEN Guilford good our pilot stood…72 lines
- To The Memory Of My Beloved, The Author, Mr William Shakespeare, And What He Hath Left UsTo draw no envy, Shakespeare, on thy name…80 lines
- Upon The Hill And Grove At Bill-borowTo the Lord Fairfax.…81 lines
- Lord Walter's WifeI…81 lines
- Love Among the RuinsWhere the quiet-coloured end of evening smiles…84 lines
- My Lost YouthOften I think of the beautiful town…90 lines
- The Heretic's Tragedy: A Middle-Age InterludeThe Lord, we look to once for all,…92 lines
- In Reference to Her ChildrenI had eight birds hatched in one nest,…93 lines
- UlalumeThe skies they were ashen and sober;…94 lines
- Abt Vogler: After he has been extemporizing upon the musical instrument of his inventionWould that the structure brave, the manifold music I build,…96 lines
- A Winter NightWHEN biting Boreas, fell and dour,…96 lines
- Ballad on Mr. Heron’s Election—No. 2FY, let us a’ to Kirkcudbright,…96 lines
- The Five Carlins: An Election BalladTHERE was five Carlins in the South,…97 lines
- The Buried LifeLight flows our war of mocking words, and yet,…98 lines
- Ode To BeautyWho gave thee, O Beauty!…99 lines