This poem embodies that sort of intense, fleeting crush you get on someone that feels as though you know them from a past life. You know nothing about them, only what you imagine them to be like.

Love is like the wild rose-briar ... That when December blights thy brow He still may leave thy garland green. Note: this poem is included for reference purposes, please refer to your anthology ...

In one of the most famous love poems of all time, Burns goes all out to express the wonder of love: It’s beautiful like a flower, it’s sweet like music, it’s deep as the sea. And Burns isn ...