Love

Song: All Mortal Joys I Could Forsake

by Thomas Campbell 1777–1844

Love

All mortal joys I could forsake,
Bid home and friends adieu,
Of life itself a parting take,
But never of you, my love.
Never of you!

For sure of all that know thy worth
This bosom beats most true;
And where could I behold on earth
Another form like you, my love,
Another like you?

MLA

Campbell, Thomas. “Song: All Mortal Joys I Could Forsake.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/campbell/112/.

Chicago

Campbell, Thomas. “Song: All Mortal Joys I Could Forsake.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/campbell/112/.

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