Love poems

William Shakespeare

Sonnet 130

My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red than her lips' red;
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damasked, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound;
I grant I never saw a goddess go;
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground.
   And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
   As any she belied with false compare.


Citate de dragoste

  • 'This is one of the miracles of love: It gives … a power of seeing through its own enchantments and yet not being disenchanted.'
    ~ C S Lewis
  • 'The first duty of love is to listen.'
    ~ Paul Tillich
  • 'Other men said they have seen angels,
    But I have seen thee
    And thou art enough.'
    ~ G. Moore