Loves Secret

by William Blake

Never seek to tell thy love, 
Love that never told can be;
For the gentle wind does move
Silently, invisibly.

I told my love, I told my love,
I told her all my heart;
Trembling, cold, in ghastly fears,
Ah! she did depart!

Soon as she was gone from me,
A traveler came by,
Silently, invisibly
He took her with a sigh.

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Written by Ernie on 2010-02-08 22:36:03 IP: There is a deeper meaning to this poem, and it is a sad one. The poet's beloved "departed" meaning she died. Death is the wind, silent and invisible. The traveler who came by and took her away is Death itself. The poet is ruing falling in love and having his loved one taken away by Death.

i love u Written by blake on 2009-11-08 23:15:20 IP: it really gd read it and u will cry because blake did. love u love alisha xoxox

pome Written by alisha on 2009-11-08 23:10:31 IP: omg this is sos nice sentit to blake and dyaln and putin on facebook

love is confusing Written by carly on 2009-04-27 21:23:07 IP: this poem opened my eyes i need to tell my one true love how i feel

Written by michael on 2009-03-10 16:40:25 IP: to K.S.N Reddy - you need to get a life. Get out of mom and dads basement, stop falling in love with women you don\'t know. you are retarded.

Written by jraed pakadeli on 2009-03-04 20:38:15 IP: i love blake AND REBEKA this poem reminds me of her.. pointless, depressing and confusing..

TIFFANY Written by tiffany on 2009-02-17 14:34:56 IP: aww tht is really sweet i love dis poem

Written by Rajesh on 2009-02-12 14:20:05 IP: null

Written by K.S.N. Reddy on 2009-02-07 07:25:19 IP: Shelly\'s poem tells me this:  Love is beyond verbalization. It, like wind, can only be sourced to God. Merge with the totality of Love and be in it. You can not possess it, you can only be in it. It may briefly touch you for a time while waiting to be joined by the timeless Traveller.Perceptive human love is breezy, ephemeral. Look for Love Transcendental.

Written by lauren on 2008-12-14 19:40:11 IP: This is a beautiful poem. It helped me reaize that that is what happened to one of my ex-boyfriends. Someone came and took him from me.

ewtwetwt Written by rywyr on 2008-11-23 16:33:59 IP:

wow Written by alyssia on 2008-09-11 09:20:20 IP: wat the hell ed  hw muc are ug onnna wirte  we all knw its good no need to g overr boardd

still i rise Written by keandra mayes on 2008-05-08 10:13:13 IP: i luv that poem

giggle Written by carlie on 2007-11-14 12:45:44 IP: it makes me giggle lolz

my view Written by ed on 2007-04-13 01:50:45 IP: Blake is speaking clear english in this piece which is rare. Through this realization it is clear to me that this piece is meant to be clear because it is very important to him that the message comes across. He is saying that love can not be created with words. If it is to be than it happens. No ammount of briliance or language usage can srufice for nature\'s or god\'s will. More deeply he is showing the tragedy in the disolutionment that comes from being turned down or rejected by someone you think the world of. All his efforts to express his deepest feelings and his worship for this person was not enough. The most tragic and punctuating part is the end which says dispite his pain sorrow and best efforts to express his deepest love he not only is rejected but his lady settles for someone who doesn\'t have much care for her at all. This not only shows the death of his reality but it shows the death of all mens. That he could not over come nature with his best efforts is reflective of man\'s ability. We die spiritually when we fail to conquer love. This is a piece about the inability of man to create love and the irrelevence language has if it has no object. Language is only as beautiful as reality and it is as tragic as reality too. The wisdom one can take from this is that we should not forget that language only expresses what is already there it doesnt create what one wishes to expierence. If love was a product of our imaginations it would surely not be so special. We can only wonder what works mysteriously in the universe-- the mystery that elludes our most trying efforts. To harness love is impossible but to fall in love and be rejected is not. On the bright side though, if you are lucky enough to ever fall into true love then you will have captured somthing truely elusive. Somthing you\'ll be delighted to know that words can never contain.

Truth: Love is unspeakable. Written by i_of_the_leaf on 2007-02-15 23:15:12 IP: The way that i have been interpreting this piece is quite different that what has been commented above: Love is like wind, it is unspeakable, gentle, sacred...if you express your love too outright, in fear and grasping, it can intimidate, it can turn love sour. I think that this poem is about keeping love sacred, about letting it cultivate without DEFINITIONS. In the sencond verse, he proclaims his love, in "ghastly fears" and she departs. In the third line, a new lover takes her "with a sigh". Silently, gracefully. Love is not proclaimed by words, only in action and gesture.

Written by Guest on 2006-03-11 11:47:59 IP: This sad..when you love some oen tell them that you do..show it often..life is so fleeting.

Written by Guest on 2006-06-01 00:37:42 IP: If it's true love, it will be. It it's not true love, the heart will wander.

Arun Joseph Written by Guest on 2006-05-24 00:39:54 IP: Love is not a thing which automatically can be made in her mind when he express his feelings of love to her.It is very sad that one loves the one who loves another.

Friend Written by Guest on 2006-02-20 19:49:37 IP: Dr William you are right. Men wait too long to show their love. By the time they do it's too late she has already given up and parts away to someone who will appreciate her.

friend Written by Guest on 2006-01-06 21:11:53 IP: I think this poem is to short. what were her reactions to you telling your heart, and did u wait too long to tell her, because she allowed him to take her.

Dr. William Written by Guest on 2006-01-06 03:25:21 IP: Read the 2nd line. He did NOT tell her how he felt and time slipped away until, in the 2nd verse, he told her and it was too late. Any number of things may have happened behind that verse, but she went with someone else. Blake is telling a profound truth about love. If you have feelings for someone, tell them soon, because, often, they will not wait around for your fear to leave. And you may not even be aware that someone else took them until it is too late.

visitor Written by Guest on 2005-10-15 21:07:01 IP: I think rather, he told her he was gay.  Ah, she did depart.

comments Written by Guest on 2005-04-26 12:52:53 IP: talk a little on how you felt then poem will have mor emotion

Phenta Written by Guest on 2005-05-31 05:42:19 IP: I thought it was a tragedy, he old her how he felt and she just left, how sad is that.

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