Famous Love Poems by Classic Poets

By Gary R. Hess. Category: Poetry Articles,Romance Articles

The greatest classic poets didn't always write love poetry. Actually, love poetry didn't hit mainstream until the Romantic Era. Until then, authors who wrote about love or romance were scoulded by critics or shunned by publishers.

Poets such as William Shakespeare and Sappho were revolutionary in the romance poetry. They defied critics and wrote from their heart. Other authors were given free passes for various reasons such as royalty or status as a philosopher.

No matter how these vintage writers became known, there is one thing which still holds true today. Their passion and affection within their poems will not be forgotten.

Dante Alighieri
"La Vita Nuova"

Anne Bradstreet
"To My Dear and Loving Husband"

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
"How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count the Ways"
"If Thou Must Love Me, Let It Be for Naught"

Robert Browning
"Love in Life"
"Meeting at Night"

Robert Burns
"A Red, Red Rose"

Lord Byron
"She Walks in Beauty"
"When We Two Parted"

John Clare
"First Love"
"Song of Secret Love"

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
"Love"

E.E. Cummings
"may i feel said he"
"i carry your heart with me"

Emily Dickinson
"I Many Times Thought"
"Wild Nights! Wild Nights!"
"What If I Say"
"I Never Lost As Much"
"I Sing"
"We Play At Paste"
"It's All I Have to Bring To-day"
"I Held a Jewel"
"Heart, We Will Never Forget Him"
"A Wounded Deer Leaps Highest"
" I've got an arrow here"
"He touched me, so I live to know"
"I envy seas whereon he rides"
"My River"