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Believe
me if all those endearing young charms
Author Thomas Moore
Believe
me if all those endearing young charms,
Which I gaze on so fondly today,
Were to change by tomorrow, and fleet in my arms,
Like fairy gifts, fading away.
Thou wouldst
still be ador'd as this moment thou art,
Let thy lovliness fade as it will;
And around the dear ruin each wish of my heart,
Would entwine itself verdantly still.
It is not
while beauty and youth are thine own,
And thy cheeks unprofan'd by a tear,
That the fervor and faith of a soul can be known,
To which time will but make thee more dear!
Oh! the
heart, that has truly lov'd, never forgets,
But as truly loves on to the close;
As the sunflower turns on her god, when he sets,
The same look which he turn'd when he rose.
