I loved her; and you say she loved me not. Well, if I loved her? And if she forgot, Well, I have not forgotten even yet: Time, and spent tears, may teach me to forget. And so she loves another, and did then When she was heaven and earth to me, and when, Truly, she made me happy. It may be: I only know how good she was to me. Friend, to have loved, to have been made happy thus, What better fate has life in store for us, The dream of life from which we have to wake, Happier, why not? why not for a dream's sake? To have been loved is well, and well enough For any man: but 'tis enough to love. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PHOENIX AND THE TURTLE by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE THE SPIRIT OF THE TIMES by ALEXANDER ANDERSON PSALM 35. JUDICA DOMINE by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE BY WAY OF THE STARS by LEVI BISHOP SONNETS ON EMINENT CHARACTERS: 8. MRS. SIDDONS by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE |