“I love thee, I love but thee,
With a love that shall not die
Till the sun grows cold,
And the stars are old”
"Bedouin Song" (1853), in The Poetical Works of Bayard Taylor (1907), p. 69.
Source: The Poems of Bayard Taylor
Context: I love thee, I love but thee,
With a love that shall not die
Till the sun grows cold,
And the stars are old,
And the leaves of the Judgment Book unfold!
Context: From the Desert I come to thee
On a stallion shod with fire;
And the winds are left behind
In the speed of my desire.
Under thy window I stand,
And the midnight hears my cry:
I love thee, I love but thee,
With a love that shall not die
Till the sun grows cold,
And the stars are old,
And the leaves of the Judgment Book unfold!
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United States poet, novelist and travel writer 1825–1878Related quotes
No. LXIII
Sonnets from the Portuguese (1850)
Context: 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 candlelight.
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.
“That I shall love always,
I argue thee
that love is life,
and life hath immortality”
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 94.
Source: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. XXXII : Comparisons: Information Rejected; Ralph to Milicent
“But an old age serene and bright,
And lovely as a Lapland night,
Shall lead thee to thy grave.”
To a Young Lady, st. 3 (1805).
“Shall I come, sweet Love, to thee,
When the ev'ning beams are set?”
Shall I Come, Sweet Love, to Thee?
