 | Songs and Poems from 1819 to 1879 |  |
59
A SONG.
[Fear not to love me, if thou only fearest]
Fear not to love me, if thou only fearest
Absence or time may cause some change in me;
Love and believe that whilst thou lov'st me, dearest,
No change in one so happy can there be!
But oh! if thou once having loved should leave me,
If coldness in those eyes I e'er should read,
If the high hopes that thou hast raised deceive me,
Then wilt thou mark a change in me indeed.
Absence or time may cause some change in me;
Love and believe that whilst thou lov'st me, dearest,
No change in one so happy can there be!
But oh! if thou once having loved should leave me,
If coldness in those eyes I e'er should read,
If the high hopes that thou hast raised deceive me,
Then wilt thou mark a change in me indeed.
Time, who his hand so lightly on me pressing,
Has reft my spirit young as in my prime;
Rapidly there will find his work progressing,
For Grief will take on her the task of Time;
Absence will also her sad aid be lending;
For if the sight of thee I must forsake,
Soon the last change will love with life be ending,
And leave thee free another heart to break.
Has reft my spirit young as in my prime;
Rapidly there will find his work progressing,
For Grief will take on her the task of Time;
Absence will also her sad aid be lending;
For if the sight of thee I must forsake,
Soon the last change will love with life be ending,
And leave thee free another heart to break.
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