Love

All the words in all the world

by Richard Le Gallienne 1866–1947

From The Lonely Dancer (1913)

Love

All the words in all the world
Cannot tell you how I love you,
All the little stars that shine
To make a silver crown above you;

All the flowers cannot weave
A garland worthy of your hair,
Not a bird in the four winds
Can sing of you that is so fair.

Only the spheres can sing of you;
Some planet in celestial space,
Hallowed and lonely in the dawn,
Shall sing the poem of your face.

MLA

Gallienne, Richard Le. “All the words in all the world.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/legallienne/106/.

Chicago

Gallienne, Richard Le. “All the words in all the world.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/legallienne/106/.

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