Saturday 30 May 2015

Love Poetry

"Love isn't something you find.  It's something that finds you." (Loretta Young)



From Shakespeare to Bono, love has been written about since Biblical times.  Here are eight poems about love:

1.  Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare http://www.poemofquotes.com/williamshakespeare/sonnet-116.php.

2.  A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns http://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/122/a_red_red_rose.

3.  Maud by Alfred Lord Tennyson http://www.poemofquotes.com/alfredtennyson/maud.php.


5.  How do I Love Thee? by Elizabeth Barrett Browning http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/how-do-i-love-thee-sonnet-43.

6.  They Flee from Me by Thomas Wyatt http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/174858.

7.  I loved You First by Christina Rosetti http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/180859.








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