Monday, June 9, 2014
if in youth
If in youth
I had known the truth
Of ages past
That by and by
Love must die
And does not last
That love is not above
The dint of death
That love grows old
And waxes cold
With every breath
And when love dies
In a lovers eyes
And is laid to rest
One goes on grieving
Yet believing
That love is best
And if in youth
I had known this truth
Would have I
Taken love by the hand
For all that is grand
And then to die
And die that death
That leaves the breath
And only this
A memory of
A beautiful love
And love's sweet kiss
A memory that pains
And always remains
A wound in the heart
That will never love
Beyond or above
That which it was apart
Never to heal
Nor ever to feel
The same as before
And to love never more
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