My Ode to Romance Countdown to Valentine’s Day

I am my beloved’s and his desire is toward me

#10 of 14 My Favorite Love Poems

“I am my beloved’s and his desire is toward me” – Song of Solomon 7 verse 10

“Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments.  Love is not love which alters when it alternations finds” – William Shakespeare (Sonnet 116)

“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.  I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach.” – Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Sonnet 43)

“Grow old along with me the best is yet to be, the last of life, for which the first was made” – Robert Browning

“O my Luve is like a red, red rose that’s newly sprung in June; O my Luve is like the melody that’s sweetly played in tune” – Robert Burns

“Drink to me only with thine eyes and I will pledge with mine or leave a kiss within the cup, and I’ll not ask for wine” – Ben Jonson 1616

“Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave” Song of Solomon 8 verse 6

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Author: Jemmie Jems

Under the name Francis Lee, I write interracial Christian romantic suspense. My stories are about finding enduring love when hope and redemption seem unattainable as danger lurks around every corner. My characters learn that where there is darkness, "joy will always come in the morning".

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