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 somber1 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 "I try to think of one lovely gift No lover yet in all the world has found". 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, "no god loves as loves this poor frail dust." The poet/ speaker declares his desire to bestow such love, a love more divine and strong, to the girl.

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