How could I love you more? I try to think of one lovely gift No lover yet in all the world has found; I think: If the cold sombe
r1 gods Were hot with love as I am Could they not endow2 you with a star And fix bright youth forever in your limbs? Could they not give you all things that I lack? You should have loved a god; I am but dust. Yet no god loves as loves this poor frail dust What is this poem about?
The poem is about the speaker's declaration of undying love for a girl/ woman he loves.
Explanation:
Richard Adlington's poem "Prelude" is a short poem of two stanzas that talk about the speaker's declaration of undying love for someone or 'something'. As the poem progresses, we learn that the love declaration was for a girl he loves.
The poem begins with the speaker declaring his love for the girl, admitting<em> "I try to think of one lovely gift No lover yet in all the world has found"</em>. His love for the girl is almost akin to one's faithful and loyal love for one's religion, almost more so too. He bestows the girl with a love more divine than any god can do, <em>"no god loves as loves this poor frail dust." </em>
The poet/ speaker declares his desire to bestow such love, a love more divine and strong, to the girl.