A
SHORT POEM ON LOVE
There can be no single definition of love. Indeed, even a
million definitions will be insufficient to exhaust its scope. Enough to say love
is a beautiful necessity of all living beings, and according to a French author
Abbe Hugo Lamennais (1782-1854), the heart of him who truly loves is a paradise
on earth; he has God in himself, for God is love.
Given below is a little love poem by
the English poet Henry Alford (1810-18710.
Its title is:
YOU
AND I
by which
the poet means that lovers should always remain together because only with each
other’s help can they ‘ comprehend, the dream, the hope , things planned, or
seen, or wrought.” He also tells his
lady love that life is short and the lone hours fly very fast. So whatever span
of life is given to them should be spent together, not in isolation, to achieve
maximum fulfilment of their hopes and dreams.
“MY HAND is lonely for your clasping , dear;
My ear is tired waiting for your call.
I want your strength to help, your laugh to cheer;
Heart, soul and senses need you, one and all.
I droop without your full, frank sympathy;
We ought to be together ---- you and I;
We want each other so, to comprehend
The dream, the hope, things planned, or seen, or wrought.
Companion, comforter and guide and friend,
As much as love asks love, does thought ask thought.
Life is short, so fast the lone hours fly,
We ought to be together, you and I.
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9th
September 2020 G.R.KANWAL
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