I said to Love,
"It is not now as in old days
When men adored thee and thy ways
All else above;
Named thee the Boy, the Bright, the One
Who spread a heaven beneath the sun,"
I said to Love.
I said to him,
"We now know more of thee than then;
We were but weak in judgment when,
The repetition of ‘I said to Love’ is a device known as  anaphora , whereby a line is repeated. It is also a  refrain  which gives emphasis. This poem is notably rhythmic.
I Said to Love