Songs and Poems from 1819 to 1879 | ||
108
“WHEREFORE NOT BEING SAD.”
Wherefore not being sad, do I so often sigh,
Why seek from ball and banquet gay to steal away;
Young, and if some tell me true?
Not quite displeasing to the view;
Why live I in a dream, as 'twere,
Without a joy, without a care?
Why seek from ball and banquet gay to steal away;
Young, and if some tell me true?
Not quite displeasing to the view;
Why live I in a dream, as 'twere,
Without a joy, without a care?
Oh! censuous heart, thou knowest too well
The cause to tell;
Be silent until I some day can say,
Heart thou art no longer mine;
The world may now the cause divine,
Indifference has ceased to reign,
I love, and I am loved again!
The cause to tell;
Be silent until I some day can say,
Heart thou art no longer mine;
The world may now the cause divine,
Indifference has ceased to reign,
I love, and I am loved again!
Songs and Poems from 1819 to 1879 | ||