by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)
Love me, for I love you"—and answer me
Language: English
Chosen for Diff
"Love me, for I love you"—and answer me, "Love me, for I love you"—so shall we stand As happy equals in the flowering land Of love, that knows not a dividing sea. Love builds the house on rock and not on sand, Love laughs what while the winds rave desperately; And who hath found love's citadel unmanned? And who hath held in bonds love's liberty? My heart's a coward though my words are brave— We meet so seldom, yet we surely part So often; there's a problem for your art! Still I find comfort in his Book, who saith, Though jealousy be cruel as the grave, And death be strong, yet love is strong as death.
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Christina Georgina Rossetti, Poems, London : MacMillan and Co., 1901
Text Authorship:
- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, subtitle: ""Qui primavera sempre ed ogni frutto."—Dante.
"Ragionando con meco ed io con lui."—Petrarca.", appears in Monna Innominata; A sonnet of sonnets, no. 7, first published 1890 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Penny Rodriguez , "Monna Innominata #7", copyright © 2021 [ voice and piano ]
Score: JW Pepper [external link] [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2026-09-09
Line count: 14
Word count: 116