'Come live with me and be my love'
I think that this must be the most used line in time
The words were used by Sir Walter Raleigh, Christopher Marlowe and John Donne.
In more recent times C Day Lewis, Eddie Arnold, Marvyn Gaye and Roy Clark (is this the same man who wrote last of the summer wine)
Most of the writing whether it be for poems or songs talks of the joys of love.
My personal favorite is by Roy Clark

Come live with me and be my love
Share my bread and wine
Be wife to me, be life to me, be mine.
Come live with me and be my love
Let our dreams combine
Be mate to me, be fate to me, be mine.

With these hands I'll build a roof
To shield your head
And with these hands
I'll carve the wood for a baby bed.

Come live with me and be my love
Share my bread and wine
Be part of me, the heart of me, be mine.
I'll try to do my best for you
I'll promise you
I'll laugh with you, I'll cry with you, my whole life through.

Come live with me and be my love
Share my bread and wine
Be part of me, the heart of me, be mine....

A rather more discordant note is struck by Raleigh as the vigour of youth gives way to old age
and for twentieth century defiance no one can top Roger McGough (of The Scaffold fame)who wrote

come live with me and be my love
I keep a flat for mating
there's half an hour before the bus
shall we do it while we're waiting

I enjoyed Come live with me, and you enlightened me on your knowledge of poets. I confess to not knowing a lot about poets only the ones I have read and enjoyed. One of my favourite authors of verse is Patience Strong and much of her work creates a meaning easy to understand. Here is one titled 'Love' written as she wrote it from one of my favourite little books called The Sunny Side.

The clever folks can give us knowledge of the highest worth-the secrets of philosophy, the wonders of the earth; the science of the universe-yet this one truth I've found : It's Love that is the greatest thing-and makes the world go round.
A little word; a simple word; and yet it means so much; Love is the strongest force, and underneath its magic touch-a heart unfolds just like a flower that opens to the sun.... This is the sweetest thing in life-when all is said and done.

Whenever I read this it puts my feet firmly on the ground again. I realise that whatever I do or don't do, whatever I achieve, none of it is possible without the love of others and the love in myself. Without Love the world, society and communities would achieve nothing and therefore existance could not go on.

Agree or disagree with me, it doesn't really matter because I believe this to be true.

my next funny email goes here, this made me smile until the last part which made me roar with laughter, i agree it needs more adding