Famous Sad Love Poems - Page 2

I went out to the woods to-day
    To hide away from you,
From you a thousand miles away—
    But you came, too.

And yet the old dull thought would stay,
    And all my heart benumb—
If you were but a mile away
    You would not come.

I care not for the many,
    If but my few are kind;
How poor are they who never joy
    Apart from crowds can find.

Not fair to eyes my features;
    But sorrow I control,
If what beyond the vision lies
    Be lovely to your soul.

Tho' poor my lips in music,
    The heart sings low and sweet;
And you may prove that harmony
    Full-chorded and complete.

My brow aches not in crowning,
    I reign all thrones above,
Possession have I beyond price—
    The empire of your love.

To love and to be loved again—
    What more has life to give?
O fools—to scorn this highest joy,
    And yet lay claim to live!