Poem by Robert Seymour Bridges

Shorter Poems. Book V. 3. “Since to Be Loved Endures”

Since to be loved endures,
  To love is wise:
Earth hath no good but yours,
  Brave, joyful eyes:

Earth hath no sin but thine,
  Dull eye of scorn:
O’er thee the sun doth pine
  And angels mourn.

1. Shorter Poems. Book III. 8. “I Praise the Tender Flower”
2. Shorter Poems. Book III. 16. Song (I love my lady’s eyes)
3. Shorter Poems. Book III. 4. On a Dead Child
4. Shorter Poems. Book I. 5. “I Heard a Linnet Courting”
5. Shorter Poems. Book II. 12. Morning Hymn

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