IF YOU BUT KNEW

If you but knew

How all my days seemed filled with dreams of you,

How sometimes in the silent night

You 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 true

If you but knew.

 

Could you but guess

How you alone make all my happiness,

How I am more than willing for you sake

To stand alone, give all and nothing take,

Nor chafe you 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 satnd for one brief space

Unfettered, soul to soul, as 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.

 

 

I have no idea who wrote this but i really like it

 

 

*DESPAIR*