Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IF 'TIS LOVE TO WISH YOU NEAR, by CHARLES DIBDIN Poet's Biography Last Line: If this be lovingthen I love. Alternate Author Name(s): Dibdin, Charles Isaac Mungo; Dibdin, Charles, Jr. Subject(s): Love - Marital; Wedded Love; Marriage - Love | ||||||||
IF 'tis love to wish you near, To tremble when the wind I hear, Because at sea you floating rove; If of you to dream at night, To languish when you're out of sight, If this be lovingthen I love. If when you're gone, to count each hour, To ask of the all-ruling Power, That you may kind and faithful prove; If void of falsehood and deceit, I feel a pleasure now we meet, If this be lovingthen I love. To wish your fortune to partake, Determined never to forsake, Though low in poverty we strove; If, so that me your wife you'd call, I offer you my little all, If this be lovingthen I love. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO MY WIFE by GEORGE WASHINGTON BETHUNE VARIATION ON THE WORD SLEEP by MARGARET ATWOOD IN THE MONTH OF MAY by ROBERT BLY |
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