How did thou waste on one thy soul should scorn One that hurt thee and mock'd the morn Lay thy head against my breast, There I'll lay thee down to rest Rest from thy world- siren that lure thee to ill Work with a strong heart and determined will Bravely fling thy cold chain that hath bound thee For some good, be it ever so slowly.
Be thou content, as I, to know not see To feel thy spirit, I would take Tunes aerial beauty for thy sake Alas! float into thy soul, so I could see How to become All melody to thee Til musics' soul, walked by thy touch, to wing and mingling with mine would soar and sing How mine thoughts like singing birds flutter and fly with a song for thine ear, and a gleam for thine eye.
Love compels me to thy heart against my will To echo from thy voice, come to me still Thou to sing loves lullaby to me Warm heart in thy dwelling, beat kindly for me So passionately wild this thirst in me To be all beauty and all grace to thee My faintest blush, at thoughts of thee a crime I count in vain the slow dull steps of time,
Careful thee, Lest thy wound a soul so rare My heart to thee, Please have a care Smiles can surer wound or heal than the stars, whose light they steal In voiceless rapture on thy manly breast Could thou be lull'd by sweet untroubled rest? I only greive, because---because---I see Thou find'st not All thy great demands of me. Mine a heart that Love Too tenderly and truly Will break at last, thou prized me unduly Though missed the beauty, Rare and Dear Alone thou are, Alone I am, but forever Near!!!