Romantic Quotes By Great Poets: English literature is a treasure trove of love in all its forms, offering readers a profound exploration of the human experience. Through the ages, literature has beautifully portrayed the essence of love, capturing its complexities, depths and nuances. English Romantic poets, in particular, have been the great tellers of the heart, masterfully defining love in all its manifestations. Their works have given us some of the most exquisite and timeless expressions of love, allowing us to connect with the universal emotions that bind us.

By delving into these iconic lines of great poets, readers can gain a deeper understanding of love's mysteries, complexities and transformative power, ultimately enriching their own lives and perceptions. Here, we've compiled some of the beautiful romantic quotes penned by famous English poets that actually define true love.

Romantic Quotes By English Poets

1. One hour of right down love is worth an age of dully living on- Aphra Behn

2. Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight, for I ne’er saw beauty till this night- William Shakespeare

3. But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love forever…”Robert Burns

4. Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, but bears it out even to the edge of doom – William Shakespeare

5. With the earth and the sky and the water, remade, like a casket of gold. For my dreams of your image that blossoms a rose in the deeps of my heart – W.B. Yeats

6. You are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing-E.E. Cummings,

7. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach– Elizabeth Barrett

8. Soul meets soul on lovers’ lips- Percy Bysshe Shelley

9. Love reckons hours for months, and days for years;And every little absence is an age.- John Dryden

10. A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness.- John Keats

11. My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep; the more I give to thee, The more I have, for both are infinite- Williams Shakespeare

12. Love is not love which alters when its alteration finds- Williams Shakespeare

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13. She walks in beauty like the night of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that's best of dark and bright. Meet in her aspect and her eyes- Lord Bryon

14. Ever let the Fancy roam, Pleasure never is at home: At a touch sweet Pleasure melteth, Like to bubbles when rain pelteth- John Keats

15. The stars are mansions built by Nature’s hand, And, haply, there the spirits of the blest.,Dwell, clothed in radiance, their immortal vest; Huge Ocean shows, within his yellow strand, A habitation marvellously planned, For life to occupy in love and rest- William Wordsworth

16. And the sunlight clasps the earth And the moonbeams kiss the sea: What is all this sweet work worth, If thou kiss not me?- Percy Bysshe Shelley

17. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same- Emily Brontë

18. We loved with a love that was more than love - Edgar Allan

19. My love is like a red, red rose, That's newly sprung in June: My love is like the melody, That's sweetly played in tune- Robert Burns

20. Love is the flower of life, and blossoms unexpectedly and without law, and must be plucked where it is found, and enjoyed for the brief hour of its duration.-D. H. Lawrence

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