Robert Herrick

To Anthea, Who May Command Him Anything

Bid me to live, and I will live
     Thy Protestant to be;
Or bid me love, and I will give
     A loving heart to thee.

A heart as soft, a heart as kind,
     A heart as sound and free,
As in the whole world thou canst find,
     That heart I'll give to thee.
 
Bid that heart stay, and it will stay,
     To honor thy decrees;
Or bid it languish quite away,
     And 't shall do so for thee.
 
Bid me to weep, and I will weep,
     While I have eyes to see;
And, having none, yet I will keep
     A heart to weep for thee.

Bid me despair and I'll despair,
     Under that cypress tree;
Or bid me die, and I will dare
     E'en death, to die for thee.
 
Thou art my life, my love, my heart,
     The very eyes of me;
And hast command of every part,
     To live and die for thee.

Love, romance and relationship quotes for your soul

• 'Love is not weakness. It is strong. Only the sacrament of marriage can contain it.'
  ~ Boris Pasternak
• 'No man is truly married
  until he understands
  every word his wife is NOT saying.'
  ~ Unknown
• 'The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned.'
  ~ Somerset Maugham