Classic Love Poems & Their Impact on Literature
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P
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L
o
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B
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When we two parted/In silence and
tears/half broken-hearted/ to sever for
years’
•
‘Pale grew thy cheek and cold/Colder
thy kiss’
L
o
v
e
’
s
P
h
i
l
o
s
o
p
h
y
P
e
r
c
y
S
h
e
l
l
y
•
The fountains mingle with the river/And
the rivers with the Ocean.’
•
What are all these kissings worth/If thou
kiss not me?’
P
o
r
p
h
y
r
i
a
’
s
L
o
v
e
r
R
o
b
e
r
t
B
r
o
w
n
i
n
g
•
‘The sullen wind was soon awake’
•
‘And strangled her.’
•
‘And all night long we have not
stirred/And yet God has not said a
word!’
S
o
n
n
e
t
2
9
–
I
t
h
i
n
k
o
f
t
h
e
e
!
E
l
i
z
a
b
e
t
h
B
r
o
w
n
i
n
g
•
‘
My thoughts do twine and bud/About
thee, as wild vines, about a tree,’
•
‘Rustle thy boughs and set thy trunk all
bare’
•
‘I do not think of thee – I am too near
thee.’
N
e
u
t
r
a
l
T
o
n
e
s
T
h
o
m
a
s
H
a
r
d
y
•
The smile on your mouth was the
deadest thing/Alive enough to have
strength to die’
•
‘your face, and the God-curst sun, and a
tree, And a pond edged with greyish
leaves’
L
e
t
t
e
r
s
F
r
o
m
Y
o
r
k
s
h
i
r
e
M
a
u
r
a
D
o
o
l
e
y
•
‘My
heartful of headlines
/feeding words
onto a blank screen’
•
‘Watching the
same news
in different
houses/our
souls
tap out messages
across the
icy miles
.’
T
h
e
F
a
r
m
e
r
’
s
B
r
i
d
e
C
h
a
r
l
o
t
t
e
M
e
w
•
“I chose a maid/Too young maybe – but
more’s to do/At harvest-time than bide
and woo.”
•
“We chased her, flying like a hare”
•
“her eyes, her hair, her hair!”
W
a
l
k
i
n
g
A
w
a
y
C
e
c
i
l
D
a
y
L
e
w
i
s
•
‘A sunny day with leaves just turning,’
•
‘saying what God alone could perfectly
show – how selfhood begins with a
walking away and love is proved in the
letting go’
E
d
e
n
R
o
c
k
C
h
a
r
l
e
s
C
a
u
s
l
e
y
•
‘The sky whitens as if lit by three suns’
•
‘They beckon to me from the other
bank’
•
‘Crossing is not as hard as you might
think’
F
o
l
l
o
w
e
r
S
e
a
m
u
s
H
e
a
n
e
y
•
I was a nuisance, tripping,
falling/Yapping always.’
•
‘But today, it is my father who keeps
stumbling/Behind me, and will not go
away.’
M
o
t
h
e
r
,
a
n
y
d
i
s
t
a
n
c
e
S
i
m
o
n
A
r
m
i
t
a
g
e
•
‘Anchor. Kite’
•
‘I space-walk through the empty bedrooms
•
your fingertips still pinch the last one-
hundredth of an inch’
•
‘I reach/towards a hatch that opens on an
endless sky/to fall or fly.’
B
e
f
o
r
e
Y
o
u
W
e
r
e
M
i
n
e
C
a
r
o
l
A
n
n
D
u
f
f
y
•
‘I’m not here yet.’
•
‘The decade ahead of my loud,
possessive yell was the best one, eh?’
•
‘stamping stars from the wrong
pavement.’
W
i
n
t
e
r
S
w
a
n
s
O
w
e
n
S
h
e
e
r
s
•
‘The clouds had given their all – two
days of rain and then a break’
•
‘I noticed our hands that had somehow
swum the distance between us’
S
i
n
g
h
S
o
n
g
!
D
a
l
j
i
t
N
a
g
r
a
•
‘vee have made luv like vee rowing
through Putney’
•
from di stool each night I say/Is priceless
baby’
C
l
i
m
b
i
n
g
M
y
G
r
a
n
d
f
a
t
h
e
r
A
n
d
r
e
w
W
a
t
e
r
h
o
u
s
e
•
‘At his still firm shoulder, I rest for a while in
the shade, not looking down, for climbing
has its dangers’
•
‘his thick hair (soft and white at the
altitude)’
•
‘Knowing/the slow pulse of his good heart’
Lord Byron
•
When we two parted/In silence and
tears/half broken-hearted/ to sever for
years’
•
‘Pale grew thy cheek and cold/Colder
thy kiss’
L
o
v
e
’
s
P
h
i
l
o
s
o
p
h
y
P
e
r
c
y
S
h
e
l
l
y
•
The fountains mingle with the river/And
the rivers with the Ocean.’
•
What are all these kissings worth/If thou
kiss not me?’
P
o
r
p
h
y
r
i
a
’
s
L
o
v
e
r
R
o
b
e
r
t
B
r
o
w
n
i
n
g
•
‘The sullen wind was soon awake’
•
‘And strangled her.’
•
‘And all night long we have not
stirred/And yet God has not said a
word!’
S
o
n
n
e
t
2
9
–
I
t
h
i
n
k
o
f
t
h
e
e
!
E
l
i
z
a
b
e
t
h
B
r
o
w
n
i
n
g
•
‘
My thoughts do twine and bud/About
thee, as wild vines, about a tree,’
•
‘Rustle thy boughs and set thy trunk all
bare’
•
‘I do not think of thee – I am too near
thee.’
N
e
u
t
r
a
l
T
o
n
e
s
T
h
o
m
a
s
H
a
r
d
y
•
The smile on your mouth was the
deadest thing/Alive enough to have
strength to die’
•
‘your face, and the God-curst sun, and a
tree, And a pond edged with greyish
leaves’
L
e
t
t
e
r
s
F
r
o
m
Y
o
r
k
s
h
i
r
e
M
a
u
r
a
D
o
o
l
e
y
•
‘My
heartful of headlines
/feeding words
onto a blank screen’
•
‘Watching the
same news
in different
houses/our
souls
tap out messages
across the
icy miles
.’
T
h
e
F
a
r
m
e
r
’
s
B
r
i
d
e
C
h
a
r
l
o
t
t
e
M
e
w
•
“I chose a maid/Too young maybe – but
more’s to do/At harvest-time than bide
and woo.”
•
“We chased her, flying like a hare”
•
“her eyes, her hair, her hair!”
W
a
l
k
i
n
g
A
w
a
y
C
e
c
i
l
D
a
y
L
e
w
i
s
•
‘A sunny day with leaves just turning,’
•
‘saying what God alone could perfectly
show – how selfhood begins with a
walking away and love is proved in the
letting go’
E
d
e
n
R
o
c
k
C
h
a
r
l
e
s
C
a
u
s
l
e
y
•
‘The sky whitens as if lit by three suns’
•
‘They beckon to me from the other
bank’
•
‘Crossing is not as hard as you might
think’
F
o
l
l
o
w
e
r
S
e
a
m
u
s
H
e
a
n
e
y
•
I was a nuisance, tripping,
falling/Yapping always.’
•
‘But today, it is my father who keeps
stumbling/Behind me, and will not go
away.’
M
o
t
h
e
r
,
a
n
y
d
i
s
t
a
n
c
e
S
i
m
o
n
A
r
m
i
t
a
g
e
•
‘Anchor. Kite’
•
‘I space-walk through the empty bedrooms
•
your fingertips still pinch the last one-
hundredth of an inch’
•
‘I reach/towards a hatch that opens on an
endless sky/to fall or fly.’
B
e
f
o
r
e
Y
o
u
W
e
r
e
M
i
n
e
C
a
r
o
l
A
n
n
D
u
f
f
y
•
‘I’m not here yet.’
•
‘The decade ahead of my loud,
possessive yell was the best one, eh?’
•
‘stamping stars from the wrong
pavement.’
W
i
n
t
e
r
S
w
a
n
s
O
w
e
n
S
h
e
e
r
s
•
‘The clouds had given their all – two
days of rain and then a break’
•
‘I noticed our hands that had somehow
swum the distance between us’
S
i
n
g
h
S
o
n
g
!
D
a
l
j
i
t
N
a
g
r
a
•
‘vee have made luv like vee rowing
through Putney’
•
from di stool each night I say/Is priceless
baby’
C
l
i
m
b
i
n
g
M
y
G
r
a
n
d
f
a
t
h
e
r
A
n
d
r
e
w
W
a
t
e
r
h
o
u
s
e
•
‘At his still firm shoulder, I rest for a while in
the shade, not looking down, for climbing
has its dangers’
•
‘his thick hair (soft and white at the
altitude)’
•
‘Knowing/the slow pulse of his good heart’
W
h
e
n
W
e
T
w
o
P
a
r
t
e
d
L
o
r
d
B
y
r
o
n
•
When we two parted/___________
_______/half broken-hearted/ to _____
for years’
•
‘Pale grew thy _____________/______
thy kiss’
L
o
v
e
’
s
P
h
i
l
o
s
o
p
h
y
P
e
r
c
y
S
h
e
l
l
y
•
The fountains ______ with the ____ the
rivers with the ______.’
•
What are all these _____________/If
thou ____ ____me?’
P
o
r
p
h
y
r
i
a
’
s
L
o
v
e
r
R
o
b
e
r
t
B
r
o
w
n
i
n
g
•
‘The ______ wind was ____ _____’
•
‘And _________ her.’
•
‘And ___ _____ ____ we have not
stirred/And yet ___ ___ ___ _____ _
____
S
o
n
n
e
t
2
9
–
I
t
h
i
n
k
o
f
t
h
e
e
!
E
l
i
z
a
b
e
t
h
B
r
o
w
n
i
n
g
•
‘
My thoughts do _____ __ ___/About
thee, as ____ _____, about a tree,’
•
‘Rustle thy _____ and set thy trunk all
____’
•
‘I do not _____ __ ____– I am too near
thee.’
N
e
u
t
r
a
l
T
o
n
e
s
T
h
o
m
a
s
H
a
r
d
y
•
The smile on your mouth was the
_______ _____/Alive enough to have
_______ __ ___’
•
‘your face, and the ___ _____ ___, and a
tree, And a pond edged with _______
leaves’
L
e
t
t
e
r
s
F
r
o
m
Y
o
r
k
s
h
i
r
e
M
a
u
r
a
D
o
o
l
e
y
•
‘My heartful of _______ /feeding words
onto a _____ screen’
•
‘Watching the same news in different
______ /our _____ tap out messages
across the ___ miles.’
T
h
e
F
a
r
m
e
r
’
s
B
r
i
d
e
C
h
a
r
l
o
t
t
e
M
e
w
•
“I chose a ____ / Too _____ maybe – but
more’s to do/At harvest-time than bide
and ___.”
•
“We ______ her, flying like a ____”
•
“her ____, her ____, her ____!”
W
a
l
k
i
n
g
A
w
a
y
C
e
c
i
l
D
a
y
L
e
w
i
s
•
‘A sunny day with leaves just _______,’
•
‘saying what ___ alone could perfectly
show – how selfhood begins with a
_______ ____and love is proved in the
_______ __’
E
d
e
n
R
o
c
k
C
h
a
r
l
e
s
C
a
u
s
l
e
y
•
‘The sky ______ as if lit by _____ ____’
•
‘They ______ to me from the other
bank’
•
‘Crossing is not as ____ as you might
think’
F
o
l
l
o
w
e
r
S
e
a
m
u
s
H
e
a
n
e
y
•
I was a ________, tripping, falling
/Y_______ always.’
•
‘But today, it is my father who keeps
_________/______ __, and will not go
away.’
M
o
t
h
e
r
,
a
n
y
d
i
s
t
a
n
c
e
S
i
m
o
n
A
r
m
i
t
a
g
e
•
‘______. Kite’
•
‘I ______-____ through the empty
bedrooms
•
your fingertips still pinch the last one-
hundredth of an ____’
•
‘I reach/towards a ______ that opens on an
endless sky/to ___ __ ___.’
B
e
f
o
r
e
Y
o
u
W
e
r
e
M
i
n
e
C
a
r
o
l
A
n
n
D
u
f
f
y
•
‘I’m not here ___.’
•
‘The ______ ahead of my loud,
__________ yell was the best one, eh?’
•
‘stamping _____ from the wrong
pavement.’
W
i
n
t
e
r
S
w
a
n
s
O
w
e
n
S
h
e
e
r
s
•
‘The clouds had _____ ______ ___– two
days of rain and then a break’
•
‘I noticed our hands that had somehow
____ the distance between us’
S
i
n
g
h
S
o
n
g
!
D
a
l
j
i
t
N
a
g
r
a
•
‘vee have ____ ____ ____ ____rowing
through Putney’
•
from di stool each night I say/Is _______
_____.
C
l
i
m
b
i
n
g
M
y
G
r
a
n
d
f
a
t
h
e
r
A
n
d
r
e
w
W
a
t
e
r
h
o
u
s
e
•
‘At his still firm _______, I rest for a while in
the shade, not looking down, for climbing
has its dangers’
•
‘his thick ____ (soft and white at the
_______)’
•
‘Knowing/the ____ _____of his ____ _____’
Explore a collection of classic love poems by renowned poets like Lord Byron, Percy Shelley, Robert Browning, Elizabeth Browning, Thomas Hardy, and more. Each poem delves into the complexity of human emotions, expressing love, heartbreak, and longing through profound verses. The imagery and themes in these poems have left a lasting impact on literary history, capturing the essence of romantic experiences in a timeless manner.
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When We Two Parted When We Two Parted Lord Byron When we two parted/In silence and tears/half broken-hearted/ to sever for years Pale grew thy cheek and cold/Colder thy kiss
Loves Philosophy Love s Philosophy Percy Shelly The fountains mingle with the river/And the rivers with the Ocean. What are all these kissings worth/If thou kiss not me?
Porphyrias Lover Porphyria s Lover Robert Browning The sullen wind was soon awake And strangled her. And all night long we have not stirred/And yet God has not said a word!
Sonnet 29 Sonnet 29 I think of thee! I think of thee! Elizabeth Browning My thoughts do twine and bud/About thee, as wild vines, about a tree, Rustle thy boughs and set thy trunk all bare I do not think of thee I am too near thee.
Neutral Tones Neutral Tones Thomas Hardy The smile on your mouth was the deadest thing/Alive enough to have strength to die your face, and the God-curst sun, and a tree, And a pond edged with greyish leaves
Letters From Yorkshire Letters From Yorkshire Maura Dooley My heartful of headlines/feeding words onto a blank screen Watching the same news in different houses/our souls tap out messages across the icy miles.
The Farmers Bride The Farmer s Bride Charlotte Mew I chose a maid/Too young maybe but more s to do/At harvest-time than bide and woo. We chased her, flying like a hare her eyes, her hair, her hair!
Walking Away Walking Away Cecil Day Lewis A sunny day with leaves just turning, saying what God alone could perfectly show how selfhood begins with a walking away and love is proved in the letting go
Eden Rock Eden Rock Charles Causley The sky whitens as if lit by three suns They beckon to me from the other bank Crossing is not as hard as you might think
Follower Follower Seamus Heaney I was a nuisance, tripping, falling/Yapping always. But today, it is my father who keeps stumbling/Behind me, and will not go away.
Mother, any distance Mother, any distance Simon Armitage Anchor. Kite I space-walk through the empty bedrooms your fingertips still pinch the last one- hundredth of an inch I reach/towards a hatch that opens on an endless sky/to fall or fly.
Before You Were Mine Before You Were Mine Carol Ann Duffy I m not here yet. The decade ahead of my loud, possessive yell was the best one, eh? stamping stars from the wrong pavement.
Winter Swans Winter Swans Owen Sheers The clouds had given their all two days of rain and then a break I noticed our hands that had somehow swum the distance between us
Singh Song! Singh Song! Daljit Nagra vee have made luv like vee rowing through Putney from di stool each night I say/Is priceless baby
Climbing My Grandfather Climbing My Grandfather Andrew Waterhouse At his still firm shoulder, I rest for a while in the shade, not looking down, for climbing has its dangers his thick hair (soft and white at the altitude) Knowing/the slow pulse of his good heart
Lord Byron When we two parted/In silence and tears/half broken-hearted/ to sever for years Pale grew thy cheek and cold/Colder thy kiss
Loves Philosophy Love s Philosophy Percy Shelly The fountains mingle with the river/And the rivers with the Ocean. What are all these kissings worth/If thou kiss not me?
Porphyrias Lover Porphyria s Lover Robert Browning The sullen wind was soon awake And strangled her. And all night long we have not stirred/And yet God has not said a word!
Sonnet 29 Sonnet 29 I think of thee! I think of thee! Elizabeth Browning My thoughts do twine and bud/About thee, as wild vines, about a tree, Rustle thy boughs and set thy trunk all bare I do not think of thee I am too near thee.
Neutral Tones Neutral Tones Thomas Hardy The smile on your mouth was the deadest thing/Alive enough to have strength to die your face, and the God-curst sun, and a tree, And a pond edged with greyish leaves
Letters From Yorkshire Letters From Yorkshire Maura Dooley My heartful of headlines/feeding words onto a blank screen Watching the same news in different houses/our souls tap out messages across the icy miles.
The Farmers Bride The Farmer s Bride Charlotte Mew I chose a maid/Too young maybe but more s to do/At harvest-time than bide and woo. We chased her, flying like a hare her eyes, her hair, her hair!
Walking Away Walking Away Cecil Day Lewis A sunny day with leaves just turning, saying what God alone could perfectly show how selfhood begins with a walking away and love is proved in the letting go
Eden Rock Eden Rock Charles Causley The sky whitens as if lit by three suns They beckon to me from the other bank Crossing is not as hard as you might think
Follower Follower Seamus Heaney I was a nuisance, tripping, falling/Yapping always. But today, it is my father who keeps stumbling/Behind me, and will not go away.
Mother, any distance Mother, any distance Simon Armitage Anchor. Kite I space-walk through the empty bedrooms your fingertips still pinch the last one- hundredth of an inch I reach/towards a hatch that opens on an endless sky/to fall or fly.
Before You Were Mine Before You Were Mine Carol Ann Duffy I m not here yet. The decade ahead of my loud, possessive yell was the best one, eh? stamping stars from the wrong pavement.
Winter Swans Winter Swans Owen Sheers The clouds had given their all two days of rain and then a break I noticed our hands that had somehow swum the distance between us
Singh Song! Singh Song! Daljit Nagra vee have made luv like vee rowing through Putney from di stool each night I say/Is priceless baby
Climbing My Grandfather Climbing My Grandfather Andrew Waterhouse At his still firm shoulder, I rest for a while in the shade, not looking down, for climbing has its dangers his thick hair (soft and white at the altitude) Knowing/the slow pulse of his good heart
When We Two Parted When We Two Parted Lord Byron When we two parted/___________ _______/half broken-hearted/ to _____ for years Pale grew thy _____________/______ thy kiss
Loves Philosophy Love s Philosophy Percy Shelly The fountains ______ with the ____ the rivers with the ______. What are all these _____________/If thou ____ ____me?
Porphyrias Lover Porphyria s Lover Robert Browning The ______ wind was ____ _____ And _________ her. And ___ _____ ____ we have not stirred/And yet ___ ___ ___ _____ _ ____
Sonnet 29 Sonnet 29 I think of thee! I think of thee! Elizabeth Browning My thoughts do _____ __ ___/About thee, as ____ _____, about a tree, Rustle thy _____ and set thy trunk all ____ I do not _____ __ ____ I am too near thee.
Neutral Tones Neutral Tones Thomas Hardy The smile on your mouth was the _______ _____/Alive enough to have _______ __ ___ your face, and the ___ _____ ___, and a tree, And a pond edged with _______ leaves
Letters From Yorkshire Letters From Yorkshire Maura Dooley My heartful of _______ /feeding words onto a _____ screen Watching the same news in different ______ /our _____ tap out messages across the ___ miles.
The Farmers Bride The Farmer s Bride Charlotte Mew I chose a ____ / Too _____ maybe but more s to do/At harvest-time than bide and ___. We ______ her, flying like a ____ her ____, her ____, her ____!
Walking Away Walking Away Cecil Day Lewis A sunny day with leaves just _______, saying what ___ alone could perfectly show how selfhood begins with a _______ ____and love is proved in the _______ __
Eden Rock Eden Rock Charles Causley The sky ______ as if lit by _____ ____ They ______ to me from the other bank Crossing is not as ____ as you might think
Follower Follower Seamus Heaney I was a ________, tripping, falling /Y_______ always. But today, it is my father who keeps _________/______ __, and will not go away.
Mother, any distance Mother, any distance Simon Armitage ______. Kite I ______-____ through the empty bedrooms your fingertips still pinch the last one- hundredth of an ____ I reach/towards a ______ that opens on an endless sky/to ___ __ ___.
Before You Were Mine Before You Were Mine Carol Ann Duffy I m not here ___. The ______ ahead of my loud, __________ yell was the best one, eh? stamping _____ from the wrong pavement.
Winter Swans Winter Swans Owen Sheers The clouds had _____ ______ ___ two days of rain and then a break I noticed our hands that had somehow ____ the distance between us
Singh Song! Singh Song! Daljit Nagra vee have ____ ____ ____ ____rowing through Putney from di stool each night I say/Is _______ _____.
Climbing My Grandfather Climbing My Grandfather Andrew Waterhouse At his still firm _______, I rest for a while in the shade, not looking down, for climbing has its dangers his thick ____ (soft and white at the _______) Knowing/the ____ _____of his ____ _____
