What Is Love?

What Is Love?By Elizabeth Philip(English contemporary. Quoted from “Women the World Over.”)

By Elizabeth Philip

(English contemporary. Quoted from “Women the World Over.”)

What is Love, that all the worldShould talk so much about it?What is Love, that neither youNor I can do without it?What is Love that it should beAs changeful as the weather?Is it joy or is it painOr is it both together?Love’s a tyrant and a slave,A torment and a treasure.Having it, you know no peace,Lacking it, no pleasure.Would I shun it if I could?Faith, I almost doubt it.No, I’d rather bear its sting,Than live my life without it.

What is Love, that all the worldShould talk so much about it?What is Love, that neither youNor I can do without it?What is Love that it should beAs changeful as the weather?Is it joy or is it painOr is it both together?Love’s a tyrant and a slave,A torment and a treasure.Having it, you know no peace,Lacking it, no pleasure.Would I shun it if I could?Faith, I almost doubt it.No, I’d rather bear its sting,Than live my life without it.

What is Love, that all the worldShould talk so much about it?What is Love, that neither youNor I can do without it?

What is Love, that all the world

Should talk so much about it?

What is Love, that neither you

Nor I can do without it?

What is Love that it should beAs changeful as the weather?Is it joy or is it painOr is it both together?

What is Love that it should be

As changeful as the weather?

Is it joy or is it pain

Or is it both together?

Love’s a tyrant and a slave,A torment and a treasure.Having it, you know no peace,Lacking it, no pleasure.

Love’s a tyrant and a slave,

A torment and a treasure.

Having it, you know no peace,

Lacking it, no pleasure.

Would I shun it if I could?Faith, I almost doubt it.No, I’d rather bear its sting,Than live my life without it.

Would I shun it if I could?

Faith, I almost doubt it.

No, I’d rather bear its sting,

Than live my life without it.


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