On the Nature of Love
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
1840 to 1922
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The soul's eternal charter writ in fire
A hope, an aspiration, a desire?
Of a soft hand, of finger-tips that press,
Upon the earth, the heavens, and the sea?
Of eyes that kindle and of lips that kiss,
The sweetest love of all were love in pain,
You ask my love. What shall my love then be?
Of sweet things known to thee and only thee?
Than hope or pleasure? Yet we love in vain.
—Nay, give me any love, so it be love of thee.
You ask my love. The carnal mystery
And that I will not give. So let it be.
You ask my love. What love can be more sweet
The soul is more than joy, the life than meat.
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