If You But Knew
If you but knewHow all my days seemed filled with dreams of you;How sometimes in the silent nightYour eyes thrill through me with their tender light,How oft I hear your voice when others speak,How you ‘mid other forms I seek-Oh, love more real than though such dreams were trueIf you but knew…
Could you but guessHow you alone make all my happiness;How I am more than willing for your sakeTo stand alone, give all, and nothing take,Nor chafe to think you bound, while I am free,Quite free, till death to love you silently,Could you but guess…
Could you but learnHow when you doubt my truth I sadly yearnTo tell you all, to stand for one brief space,Unfettered, soul to soul, and face to face,To crown you king, my king, till life shall end,My lover and likewise, my truest friend,Would you love me, dearest, as fondly in return,Could you but learn?
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