My Love Is Like a Summer Rose

Shall I count the ways I love her?
No, that's been done too well before.
Calculate the stars above her,
Or waves as they caress the shore?
Oh, I could list so many ways
That'd put a feather in my hat.
To rainbows, moons, or summer days,
I could compare my love to that.
My love is like a summer rose,
And rainbow's beauty can't compare.
Her love e'er blooms 'neath winter snows,
And moonlight is not half so fair.

But my love means much more to me
Than nature or astronomy.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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November 20, 2023 at 1:53 PM
Lovely English sonnet Jim, always love your romantic side.. nice couplet to complete your message.
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November 21, 2023 at 10:43 AM
Thank you, S O. Yes, somehow it manages to wend it's way up to the surface now and again.
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November 20, 2023 at 1:28 PM
wow! i think even burns would be impressed, jim! just beautiful!
Slaughter Avatar
November 21, 2023 at 10:42 AM
Thanks, Ilene...maybe if I had thrown in some "bonnie banks and braes"...
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November 20, 2023 at 12:56 PM
Awww Jim…..just beautiful….very special!! Debx
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November 21, 2023 at 10:42 AM
Thank you, Deb...very much!
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November 20, 2023 at 10:36 AM
A beautiful poem. Well done.
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November 21, 2023 at 10:40 AM
Thank you, Jeanette.
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