Love Lies Bleeding Poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne

Love Lies Bleeding

Rating: 3.1


Love lies bleeding in the bed whereover
Roses lean with smiling mouths or pleading:
Earth lies laughing where the sun's dart clove her:
Love lies bleeding.

Stately shine his purple plumes, exceeding
Pride of princes: nor shall maid or lover
Find on earth a fairer sign worth heeding.

Yet may love, sore wounded scarce recover
Strength and spirit again, with life receding:
Hope and joy, wind-winged, about him hover:
Love lies bleeding.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Mahtab Bangalee 19 August 2018

Love lies bleeding and then we are shedding tears with unhurt oceanic eyes!

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Anil Kumar Panda 19 August 2018

Very nice poem on bleeding love indeed. Enjoyed. Thanks for sharing such a nice poem.

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Bernard F. Asuncion 19 August 2017

Such an interesting poem posted here............. Thanks.

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Liza Sudina 19 August 2017

Wonderful rhythm, as if it takes you to smoothly move on quiet and warm waves! the words stretch their longing hands to a reader in order to embrace him or her like tender loveing creature! Perfect construction of a poem. Wave-like construction.

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Paul Amrod 19 August 2017

This piece lends itself to a setting with music. Not only is the rhythm well focused, the images lend themselves to a melody, Hat off to the romantic chap from Merry Ol' England.

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Deepak Kumar Pattanayak 19 August 2020

Very well crafted on love that shines with every word 10++

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Mahtab Bangalee 19 August 2020

Yet may love, sore wounded scarce recover Strength and spirit again, with life receding: Hope and joy, wind-winged, about him hover: Love lies bleeding......beautiful poem on love Love is love True to itself Loyal Royal in faith of inside, total purified after all kinds of hurts fatal wounds bleeding much it always stays loyal to its soul yes, love is love till the ultimate end

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Ratnakar Mandlik 19 August 2019

Hope and joy, wind winged about him hover Love lies bleeding." Grand conceptualization worth selection as modern poem of the day.

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Gangadharan Nair Pulingat 19 August 2019

Roses lean with smiling mouths or pleading......beautiful poem.

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Dr Antony Theodore 19 August 2019

Yet may love, sore wounded scarce recover Strength and spirit again, with life receding: Hope and joy, wind-winged, about him hover: Love lies bleeding. bleeding love. fine.. tony

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