A POEM FOR LOVERS

 

A POEM FOR LOVERS 

            Love is defined as a strong feeling of deep affection for somebody, may be a member of your family, or a friend, or somebody by whom you have been emotionally or romantically attracted.

            One whom you love, apart  from a member of your family,  may be a boy friend, girlfriend, woman friend, lady-love, paramour, mistress, etc.

             Temporary love affairs are like fair weather friendships. True love is an everlasting relationship.

            In the words of the English poet William Shakespeare (1564-1616)  :

            Love’s not Time’s fool, though rosy lips and cheeks

            Within his bending sickle’s compass come;

            Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,

            But bears it out even to the edge of doom.  

         

          Given below is a poem titled :

         

          We Have Lived And Loved Together

 

It is written by Charles Jefferys , an English publisher and composer of songs (1807-1865).

 

             In the opinion of a prominent literary critic the poem  mentioned above celebrates enduring romantic commitment, and explores the themes of shared companionship, resilience through hardships, and love that outlasts the changes of time.

 

            Here is the full text of the poem:

 

We  have lived and loved together

     Through many changing years;

We have shared each other’s gladness

     And wept each other’s tears;

 

I have known ne’er a sorrow

     That was long unsoothed by thee;

For thy smiles can make a summer

     Where darkness else would be.

 

Like the leaves that fall around us

     In autumn’s fading hours,

When the cloud of sorrow looms

     And sadness on us showers;

 

And though many such we’ve known, love,

     Too prone, alas, to range,

We both can speak of one love

     Which time can never change.

 

We have lived and loved together

     Through many changing years;

We have shared each other’s gladness

     And wept each other’s tears.

 

And let us hope the future

     As the past has been will be:

I will share with thee my sorrows,

     And thou thy joys with me.

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G.R.Kanwal

23 May 2026