Poetry, by its very nature, is one of the most personal and emotional of literary forms. This is especially true of love poetry. In this comprehensive edition, the finest works of over fifty poets have been assembled to reflect the different faces and feelings of love from the mid-16th to early 20th century. Included here are the finest love poems and sonnets of William Shakespeare, Sir Walter Raleigh, Robert Burns, Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Elizabeth Barret Browning, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and more.