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For Valentine's Day, a thread of my favorite love poems.

Which one's your favorite? And which ones did I miss? Let me know. Hellelil and Hildebrand, the meeting on the turret stairs, by Frederic William Burton (1864)
1. Sonnet #43, from Sonnets from the Portuguese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘦? 𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴..." Image
2. Sonnet #116 by William Shakespeare

"𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴
𝘈𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴. 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦
𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴..." Image
3. Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe

"𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦
𝘖𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘦 -
𝘖𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘦..."
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4. She Walks in Beauty by Lord Byron

"𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘺, 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵
𝘖𝘧 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘦𝘴;
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵..." Image
5. I Loved You First by Christina Rossetti

"𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵: 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦
𝘖𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨..." Image
6. My Life's Delight by Thomas Campion

"𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘦, 𝘖 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦, 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦’𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵,
𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦..." Image
7. Of Love: A Sonnet by Robert Herrick

"𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸,
𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘺𝘦, 𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘢𝘳, 𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘰..." Image
8. To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell

"𝘏𝘢𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦,
𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘺𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘺, 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦..."
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