Love Poems – Page 2653

Good-bye

“farewell! farewell!” is often heard
From the lips of those who part:
’T is a whispered tone,—’t is a gentle word, …

Anonymous English
“Ae fond kiss, and then we sever”

Ae fond kiss, and then we sever;
Ae fareweel, alas, forever!
Deep in heart-wrung tears I ’ll pledge thee; …

Robert Burns English
“O, my Luve ’s like a red, red rose”

O, My Luve ’s like a red, red rose
That ’s newly sprung in June:
O, my Luve ’s like the melodie …

Robert Burns English
“Maid of Athens, ere we part”

Maid of Athens, ere we part,
Give, O, give me back my heart!
Or, since that has left my breast, …

Lord Byron English
Song of the Young Highlander

Summoned from His Bride by the “Fiery Cross of Roderick Dhu”
From “The Lady of the Lake”
THE HEATH this night must be my bed, …

Sir Walter Scott English
Black-Eyed Susan

All in the Downs the fleet was moored,
The streamers waving in the wind,
When black-eyed Susan came aboard; …

John Gay English
The Parting Lovers

From the Chinese by William. R. Alger
SHE says, “The cock crows,—hark!”
He says, “No! still ’t is dark.” …

Anonymous English
Lochaber No More

Farewell to Lochaber! and farewell, my Jean,
Where heartsome with thee I hae mony day been;
For Lochaber no more, Lochaber no more, …

Allan Ramsay English
“As slow our ship”

As slow our ship her foamy track
Against the wind was cleaving,
Her trembling pennant still looked back …

Thomas Moore English
Qua Cursum Ventus

As ships, becalmed at eve, that lay
With canvas drooping, side by side,
Two towers of sail at dawn of day …

Arthur Hugh Clough English