Read full poem →I used to think it strange of Him
To make love's after-life so dim,
Or only clear by inference:
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To make amorous approaches to; to woo, romance, court.
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Poetry examples for “make love”
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Read full poem →That linnets, greenfinches, and goldfinches
Shall often visit and make love in and flit:
Read full poem →Dwells she with us, or like adventuring knights
First travail we to seek and then make love?
Betray, kind husband, thy spouse to our sights,
Read full poem →Dwells she with us, or like adventuring knights
First travail we to seek and then make love?
Betray, kind husband, thy spouse to our sights,
Read full poem →Yet, in good faith, some say that thee behold,
Thy face hath not the power to make love groan;
To say they err I dare not be so bold,