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. 3. Late Spring Evening
2. Shorter Poems. Book I. 6. “Dear Lady, When Thou Frownest”
3. Shorter Poems. Book IV. 25. “Say Who Is This with Silvered Hair”
4. Shorter Poems. Book V. 13. “A Song of My Heart, as the Sun Peered o’er the Sea”
5. Shorter Poems. Book II. 9. Spring. Ode II

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