To sip vines brew and ponder thru a night When night alone knows naught of loves sweet cheer; To toast a love with feelings e'er contrite And know thoβ love is gone that love is near; For love is twine that binds two lovers twinned Not as a fettered shackle on the calf But holding two as one against the wind Then two as one stand stronger than each half; So tarry not when night has lost his crown -- When chorus breaks to herald first suns praise; Tarry thee not unto a waiting gown Of warm embrace thru many coming days; One night is all yet still one night is long -- Night bear love swift to where love doth belong
Dedicated to my beautiful wife, working a night shift, and leaving me home to ponder alone ***