What are the best classic poems about love?

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   Maddie Ruudposted 11 years ago

   What are the best classic poems about love?

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   snakeslaneposted 11 years ago

   Elizabeth Barrett Browning 'How Do I Love Thee'

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   Earth Angelposted 11 years ago

   Anything by Rumi . . . Blessings, Earth Angel . . .

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   Clare Huckettposted 11 years ago

   She walks in beauty, like the night - Byron.  I don't know what it is but that one always gives me goosebumps if I hear it read aloud.

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   Gelbeeposted 11 years ago

   There are many...but here are a couple of Oldies but Classic's:
   
   A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns
   
   O my Luve's like a red, red rose
   That's newly sprung in June;
   O my Luve's like the melodie
   That's sweetly played in tune.
   
   As fair art thou, my bonnie lass,
   So deep in luve am I;
   And I will luve thee still, my dear,
   Till a' the seas gang dry:
   
   Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear,
   And the rocks melt wi' the sun;
   I will luve thee still, my dear,
   While the sands o' life shall run.
   
   And fare thee weel, my only Luve,
   And fare thee weel awhile!
   And I will come again, my Luve,
   Tho' it ware ten thousand mile.
   
   
   Sonnet 43 - How do I love thee? Let me count the ways by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
   
   
   How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
   I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
   My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
   For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
   I love thee to the level of everyday's
   Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
   I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
   I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
   I love thee with the passion put to use
   In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
   I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
   With my lost saints,—I love thee with the breath,
   Smiles, tears, of all my life!—and, if God choose,
   I shall but love thee better after death.
   S

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   Ciel Clarkposted 11 years ago

   One of my favorites is Shakespeare's sonnet number 5.  It seems dark but the meaning is love and light--very beautiful.  Also love the words.

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