This Is the First Time I Have Ever Loved

This is the first time I have ever loved;
Yours, the first face I can not forget.
I think you are afraid, perhaps, and moved
To wonder whether you should do this yet.
I also am afraid, and yet I know
That wonder is a thing that needs a yes;
Should you step back and let this moment go,
Both you and I will have to live with less.
Please trust my love, as I must trust in yours.
It's strong as steel, as delicate as lace,
Immovable as battered granite shores:
I feel its power and unremitting grace.
So come, my love, and try this love with me;
Let your love speak, and then you will agree.

Nicholas Gordon

Reader Comments

WOW
Name: Gina	2009-06-15
This poem is really good!

Migue

Name: Migue

2012-07-15

I only have an answer for #3. His will never minneots any of his written works. That is unusual because you would think that his works would be his most important and valuable possessions. Some scholars say that this is because Shakespeare perhaps didn't think he owned his own works (maybe he thought the world owned them once they were written and therefore he could not will them to anyone because they belong to everyone). Hope that helps!