Love Not Poem by Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton

This is the third poem I have read by her- - more and more I believe her poetry is fueled by anger, hurt, hatred, tears, and betrayal. How I feel for her trapped by the age and society she lived in to stay married to a man whose warmth is only for other women.

Ye hapless sons of clay! Thanks for sharing.

Such a sad plight..... Thanks for posting...

LOVE not, love not! ye hapless sons of clay! Hope’s gayest wreaths are made of earthly flowers— Things that are made to fade and fall away Ere they have blossom’d for a few short hours. Love not! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Oh! I have never read her before. What an abundance of talent and skill I have been missing. Though written in the 1800's there is a contemporary feel to the poem and even when you can detect its age it is still flowing smoothly along and the reader isn't jerked out of the world of the poem. Every stanza faces off on a different disappointment of love and does it so well, so poignantly, so laced with the arsenic of hurt. Extraordinary lines every where. 10 to the max! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

That takes birth must die one day. Its true for love too. Nice poem with nice flow and rhyming. Enjoyed.

Beautiful poem. Thanks for sharing and congrtulation for the poem of the day.

Love not! Truely a vain warning for yesteryears and for future. It's halo as bright and shining as ever around mankind. Very nice poem.

A satiric poem on the sterile sons of clay who wonder not at the earthly beauties! Wonderful poem!