Lover

Poems

 * "The Lover" (1919, "Though I have had friends"), a poem by Richard Aldington
 * "The Lovers", a poem by Phœbe Cary
 * "The Lover" (1923, "In sable and cicada gauze"), a poem by Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth
 * "The Lovers", a poem by C. J. Dennis
 * "The Lovers", a poem by Emily Dickinson
 * "The Lovers", a poem by Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi
 * "Lovers", a poem by Siegfried Sassoon

Short stories

 * "The Lover" (1923), a short story by Elizabeth Bowen