IF YOU BUT KNEW
If You But Knew
How all my days seemed filled with dreams
of you.
How sometimes in the silent night
Your eyes thrill me with their tender light,
How often I hear your voice when others speak
How you over other forms I seek-
Oh, love more real than though such dreams
were ever true.
If you but knew
Could You But Guess
How you alone make all my happiness,
How I am more than willing for your sake,
To stand alone, give all and nothing take
Nor chase to think you bound while I am free,
Quite free, till death to love you silently,
Could you but guess
Could You But Learn
How when you doubt my truth, I sadly yearn
To tell you, all to stand for one brief space
Unaffected soul to soul, as face to face
To crown you king, my king til life
shall end.
My lover and likewise my truest friend
Would you love me, as fondly in return,
Could you but learn?
How all my days seemed filled with dreams
of you.
How sometimes in the silent night
Your eyes thrill me with their tender light,
How often I hear your voice when others speak
How you over other forms I seek-
Oh, love more real than though such dreams
were ever true.
If you but knew
Could You But Guess
How you alone make all my happiness,
How I am more than willing for your sake,
To stand alone, give all and nothing take
Nor chase to think you bound while I am free,
Quite free, till death to love you silently,
Could you but guess
Could You But Learn
How when you doubt my truth, I sadly yearn
To tell you, all to stand for one brief space
Unaffected soul to soul, as face to face
To crown you king, my king til life
shall end.
My lover and likewise my truest friend
Would you love me, as fondly in return,
Could you but learn?