Shakespeare's romantic love poems
Shakespeare: The Praise of Love If love makes me swear, how can I refuse love? Ah, all vows are empty words, except the vows to beauty; Although I seem to have broken my word, I will always be sincere to you; All this is an immovable oak tree to me, but it is a soft willow branch to you. I want to read it carefully as a book, and study the words in it, which stores all the profound and rare happiness in the world. If learning is very important, the knowledge I require is to know you completely; Without a learned tongue, there can be no ability to praise you; Only stubborn and ignorant people will be completely indifferent when they meet you; I admire you from the bottom of my heart and am extremely proud of it. Your eyes are Zeus' lightning and your voice is his thunder, but if there is no anger in your voice, it is more beautiful than music. However, you are a natural person, and you certainly don't like floating characters in this world. This vulgar word, no matter how beautiful, is not worthy of praising angels.