Love is alone the worthy law of love: And all other laws have presupposed a taint: Love is the law from kindled saint to saint, From lamb to lamb, from dove to answering dove, Love is the motive of all things that move. Harmonious by free will without constraint: Love learns and teaches: love shall man acquaint With all he lacks, which all his lack is love. Because Love is the fountain, I discern The stream as love: for what but love should flow From fountain Love? not bitter from the sweet! I ignorant, have I laid claim to know? Oh teach me, Love, such knowledge as is meet For one to know who is fain to love and learn. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DORIS; A PASTORAL by ARTHUR JOSEPH MUNBY RECOMPENSE by DOROTHY MOORE ALFORD LINES WRITTEN AT GENEVA by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES THE MAY DAY GARLAND by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN DEAR MINNA by MAXWELL BODENHEIM |