CANST thou love me, and yet doubt So much falsehood in my heart, That a way I should find out To impart Fragments of a broken love to you, More than all being less than due; O no, love must clear distrust, Or be eaten with that rust; Short love-liking may find jars The love that lasteth knows no wars. There, belief begets delight, And so satisfies desire, That in them it shines as light— No more fire; All the burning qualities appeased, Each in others' joying pleased, Not a whisper, not a thought, But 'twixt both in common's brought; Even to see two they are loath, Love being only soul to both. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PLAINT OF THE DISGUSTED BRITON IN THE STATES by GEORGE SANTAYANA OH! BLAME NOT THE BARD by THOMAS MOORE PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 68. AL-KADAR by EDWIN ARNOLD BOX-CAR LETTERS by KARLE WILSON BAKER AUTUMN by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD SOME SWEET DAY by LEWIS J. BATES TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 2. AS TO YOU O MOON by EDWARD CARPENTER |