Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 0517142988, Hardcover)

This treasury of beloved verse, complete with satin ribbon marker is both a tribute to a special loved one and an affirmation of the life-changing power of love in our lives. For as long as words have been used to express feelings, poets have attempted to put the feelings of love into words. Shakespeare, Byron, Shelley, Blake, Tennyson, Browning--from "shall I compare thee to a summer's day" to "I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach"--these words capture the elevating power of love to inspire the best that is in us. Celebrate that all-encompassing, head-over-heels, anything-for-you emotion with these beautiful love poems.