Famous Love Poems and Romantic Valentines Quotes
Article by Injete Chesoni
To paraphrase the great poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “How can I say I love thee let me count the ways.” There are many ways to express our love and the simplest of all is to say, “I love you.” However, special occasions like Valentines Day call for more flowery language. This article showcases some of the most famous love poems of all time and my favorite romantic Valentines Day quotes. Should you find yourself tongue-tied and at a loss for words, feel free to use these quotes the next time you need to express your love. At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet. ~ Plato
Shakespeare Love Quotes and Valentines QuotesI decided to start the article with the most famous love poet of all time Shakespeare. These are three of my favorite Shakespeare quotes and Valentines Day quotes.
Doubt thou the stars are fire;Doubt that the sun doth move;Doubt truth to be a liar;But never doubt I love.- William Shakespeare
So long as I can breathe or I can seeso long lives your love which gives life to me.- William Shakespeare
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.- William Shakespeare
Romantic Valentines Love Quotes1. I’ve fallen in love many times… always with you. – Author Unknown2. Oh, if it be to choose and call thee mine, love, thou art every day my Valentine! – Thomas Hood3. Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning. – Author Unknown4. You know when you have found your prince because you not only have a smile on your face but in your heart as well. – Author Unknown5. If I know what love is, it is because of you. – Herman Hesse6. To love is to receive a glimpse of heaven. – Karen Sunde7. Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. – Aristotle8. Love is missing someone whenever you’re apart, but somehow feeling warm inside because you’re close in heart. – Kay Knudsen9. Love puts the fun in together, the sad in apart, and the joy in a heart. – Author Unknown10. Love me and the world is mine. – David Reed11. When I saw you I fell in love, and you smiled because you knew. – Arrigo Boito12. Anyone can catch your eye, but it takes someone special to catch your heart. – Author Unknown13. The minute I heard my first love story I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along. – Rumi14. Love is a promise, love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it disappear. – John Lennon15. True love stories never have endings. – Richard Bach
How Do I Love TheeFamous Love Poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
How do I love thee? Let me count the waysI love thee to the depth and breadth and heightMy soul can reach, when feeling out of sight.For the ends of Being and ideal GraceI love thee to the level of everyday’sMost quiet need, by sun and candlelight.I love thee freely, as men strive for rightI love thee purely, as they turn from praiseI love thee with the passion put to useIn my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith.I love thee with a love I seemed to loseWith 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.
I Carry Your Heart With MeFamous Love Poem by E.E. Cummings
i carry your heart with me (i carry it inmy heart) i am never without it (anywherei go you go, my dear; and whatever is doneby only me is your doing, my darling)i fearno fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) i wantno world (for beautiful you are my world, my true)and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meantand whatever a sun will always sing is you
here is the deepest secret nobody knows(here is the root of the root and the bud of the budand the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which growshigher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)and this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apart
i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)
To My Dear and Loving HusbandHusband Love Poem by Anne Bradstreet
If ever two were one, then surely we.If ever man were lov’d by wife, then thee;If ever wife was happy in a man,Compare with me ye women if you can.I prize thy love more then whole Mines of gold,Or all the riches that the East doth hold.My love is such that Rivers cannot quench,Nor ought but love from thee, give recompence.Thy love is such I can no way repay,The heavens reward thee manifold I pray.Then while we live, in love let’s so persever,That when we live no more, we may live ever.
Red Red RoseFamous Love Poem by Robert Burns
O my Luve’s like a red, red roseThat’s newly sprung in June;O my Luve’s like the melodieThat’s sweetly played in tune.
As fair art thou, my bonnie lass,So deep in luve am I;And I will luve thee still, my dear,Till a’ the seas gang dry:
Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear,And the rocks melt wi’ the sun;I will luve thee still, my dear,While the sands o’ life shall run.
And fare thee weel, my only Luve,And fare thee weel awhile!And I will come again, my Luve,Tho’ it ware ten thousand mile.
Come live with me and be my loveFamous love poem by Christopher Marlowe
Come live with me and be my love, And we will all the pleasures prove That valleys, groves, hills, and fields, Woods or steepy mountain yields.
And we will sit upon the rocks, Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks, By shallow rivers to whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals.
And I will make thee beds of roses And a thousand fragrant posies, A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle;
A gown made of the finest wool Which from our pretty lambs we pull; Fair lined slippers for the cold, With buckles of the purest gold;
A belt of straw and ivy buds, With coral clasps and amber studs: And if these pleasures may thee move, Come live with me and be my love.
The shepherds’ swains shall dance and sing For thy delight each May morning: If these delights thy mind may move, Then live with me and be my love.
These are just a few of my favorite poems and quotes. If you enjoyed them as much as I did you can read more famous love poems and quotes here.
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Injete Chesoni is an incurable romantic, artist, poet and writer who enjoys writing about love. Visit her blog to view her unique artwork and read her love poems and stories. You can buy art gifts and cards featuring her poetry and artwork at her online store.
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