#1. Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare (1564 -1616)
莎士比亚《十四行诗之116》
＊这首可能是英语世界最经典、最广为人知的爱情诗了＊
经典段落：
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks 沧桑轮回，爱却长生不改，
But bears it out even to the edge of doom 爱恒久坚定，直到末日的尽头
If this be error and upon me proved 假如有人能证明我说的不实，
I never writ, nor no man ever loved. 那就算我从未写诗，世人也从未爱过。
- Sonnet：14行诗
#2. She Walks in Beautyby Lord Byron (1788-1824)
拜伦《她走在美的光彩中》
＊这首诗常用在西方婚礼发言中， 由新郎献给新娘＊
经典段落：
She walks in beauty, like the night 她走在美的光彩中，象夜晚，
Of cloudless climes and starry skies; 皎洁无云而且繁星漫天；
And all that’s best of dark and bright；黑夜与白天最美妙的色彩；
Meet in her aspect and her eyes. 都凝聚在她的面容和目光里。
#3. I loved you first: but afterwards your love…by Christina Rossetti (1830 – 1894)
罗塞蒂《虽然我先爱你》
经典段落：
I loved you first, but afterwards your love outsoaring mine, 虽然我先爱你，但后来你的爱超越了我，
..For one is both and both are one in love: 因为真爱就是你我同心
Rich love knows nought of ‘thine that is not mine; 丰盛的爱从不分彼此；
Both have the strength and both the length thereof, 所以我们才有力量走向永恒，
Both of us, of the love which makes us one. 你和我，因为爱，成为一体。