Love
Mariana
From A Pageant and Other Poems (1881)
Not for me marring or making,
Not for me giving or taking;
I love my Love and he loves not me,
I love my Love and my heart is breaking.
Sweet is Spring in its lovely showing,
Sweet the violet veiled in blowing,
Sweet it is to love and be loved;
Ah, sweet knowledge beyond my knowing!
Who sighs for love sighs but for pleasure,
Who wastes for love hoards up a treasure;
Sweet to be loved and take no count,
Sweet it is to love without measure.
Sweet my Love whom I loved to try for,
Sweet my Love whom I love and sigh for,
Will you once love me and sigh for me,
You my Love whom I love and die for?
Cite this poem
MLA
Rossetti, Christina. “Mariana.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/404/.
Chicago
Rossetti, Christina. “Mariana.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/404/.
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