Which love poem do you think is the most beautiful in the world?

Question

and why do you think so? :)

Answer 1

This is a great one - mainly, I think, because of the ever so memorable similes and metaphors.

George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron. 1788–1824

600. She walks in Beauty

SHE walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that 's best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes:
Thus mellow'd to that tender light 5
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
One shade the more, one ray the less,
Had half impair'd the nameless grace
Which waves in every raven tress,
Or softly lightens o'er her face; 10
Where thoughts serenely sweet express
How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.

And on that cheek, and o'er that brow,
So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,
The smiles that win, the tints that glow, 15
But tell of days in goodness spent,
A mind at peace with all below,
A heart whose love is innocent!

Of course, the sonnet I wrote isn't bad either - if I do say so myself:

When Love is born, then pleasure dies
or goes about disguised as pain,
and those who once were counted wise
now find their wisdom all in vain.

Against the armor of her eyes
the shafts of reason fall like rain
until all thought in terror flies
and only Love and I remain.

Now even Love's sharp pain is sweet
more sweet than pleasure was to me.
I won my Love by my defeat,
she captured me and set me free.

A prisoner within her heart,
a prison I would not depart.

Answer 2

Am I a bird
Trapped inside a cage
Who once flew free
Tree to tree

Do I not sometimes feel
Others with feathers
Fly in all weather
Except me

Me
Trapped in
Seeing the world
From within

Can I ever break free
From this mental agony
And once again
Feel the pain

Can I face the calm
The calm before the storm
The storm outside this cage
The cage inside my mind

Or is my mind inside the cage ?

Answer 3

Several have already mentioned Byron's "She Walks In Beauty," which would definitely have been my first choice as well.

Another beautiful poem is Eliabeth Browning's "How Do I Love Thee" (unfortunately, it has been quoted so often that it has become a bit of a cliché):

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
I love thee to the level of everyday's
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints - I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life -- and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.

Answer 4

An original heartfelt love poem is the best in the world. Why? Because it's only for you and nobody else.

Answer 5

For me it is Elisabeth Browning's poem to Robert Frost: How do I love thee let me count the ways.... One must consider the time it was written in, Elisabeth Browning was ill for many years and had to deal with a tyrant of a Father, that she was capable of this kind of love and not become bitter and angry, I consider this fact extraordinary. The poem speaks to my heart.

Answer 6

Whoever puts love plus poem.....there are innumerable readers who will come forward to call and remember the one and only "She walks in beauty"....by Lord Byron......count me in that group. Not only the poem but the essence too has beauty of its own.

Answer 7

I think it's called "I will be here" by Stephen Curtis Chapman. I just think it's beautiful. It's about a man's love and promises to his wife/partner.The poem was read out in church at my niece's wedding.

Answer 8

Emily Dickinson's Wild Nights. Lusty and unrestrained passion.

Wild nights! Wild nights!
Were I with thee,
Wild nights should be
Our luxury!
Futile the winds
To a heart in port,
Done with the compass,
Done with the chart.

Rowing in Eden!
Ah! the sea!
Might I but moor
To-night in thee!

Answer 9

Probably a poem written in something other than English (perhaps Italian).

Answer 10

Let me not to the marriage of true minds, by Shakespeare. It has outdone itself in my opinion. The two last lines beautifully conclude his argument;
Love always wins!