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 II. 4. Wooing
2. Shorter Poems. Book III. 16. Song (I love my lady’s eyes)
3. Shorter Poems. Book I. 17. Triolet (All women born are so perverse)
4. Shorter Poems. Book II. 8. Spring. Ode I
5. Shorter Poems. Book IV. 25. “Say Who Is This with Silvered Hair”

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