Ask nothing more of me, sweet;

All I can give you I give;

Heart of my heart, were it more,

More should be laid at your feet:

Love that should help you to live –

Song that should spur you to soar.

Algernon Charles Swinburne

Poetry is the perfect medium to express affection and passion in all its forms – from the initial stirrings of romance and desire to enduring love in full bloom.

This exquisitely illustrated anthology contains inspiring and moving poetry on the greatest subject by some of the best-loved writers in the English language, from Geoffrey Chaucer to Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and from William Shakespeare to Christina Rossetti.