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I ONLY KNOW I LOVE YOU.

(SONG.)

I only know I love you dear,
What future'll bring I do not know.
Though shadows darken o'er our path,
We'll hope as down through youth we go.
Oh true I'll be forever love,
Wilt thou be e'er the same?
Oh, may I see within hope's star,
My glory in thy name?
I only know I love you dear,
What future'll bring I do not know;
But by the stars that gleams above you
I know, know I love you.
I see thee in the sunshine,
Thy voice is in the air,
All nature smiles and speaks of thee
In pictures true and fair.
Ah! may I hope that we some day
Our future may entwine
In love's sweet garland rich and rare,
Love, may I say that thou art mine?
I only know I love you dear,
What future'll bring I do not know;
But by the stars that gleam above you,
I know, know, I know I love you.