Love

Song: If to see thee be to love thee

by Thomas Moore 1779–1852

From The Summer Fête

Love

If to see thee be to love thee,
If to love thee be to prize
Naught of earth or heaven above thee,
Nor to live but for those eyes:
If such love to mortal given,
Be wrong to earth, be wrong to heaven,
'Tis not for thee the fault to blame,
For from those eyes the madness came.
Forgive but thou the crime of loving
In this heart more pride 'twill raise
To be thus wrong with thee approving,
Than right with all a world to praise!

MLA

Moore, Thomas. “Song: If to see thee be to love thee.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/moore/536/.

Chicago

Moore, Thomas. “Song: If to see thee be to love thee.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/moore/536/.

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