Love Is Best
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt 1840 (Petworth House) – 1922 (United Kingdom)
Dare all things for Love's sake, since love is best,
Of Fate ask nothing, rather by your deeds
Rebuke it for its niggard ways unblest,
And trust to Love to shield you in your needs.
Remember in the shade of the new years
Only what Love has given. This shall be
Daily your dole, a safeguard from your tears,
Outwitting change and Time's inconstancy.
--Knock loudly at Love's door. He is awake.
Offer him roses. 'Tis his month of June.
Watch all his ways. Do worship for his sake.
Seek out his service. He shall serve you soon.
Know this of Love, who fears not Fate's disaster
Answers for both and is of Time the master.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABABCDEDFGFGHH |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 613 |
Words | 118 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
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