01.05.2012, 11:41
Fulfilment
LIKE a bird cheered with sunshine after rain,
My soul pants joyous music, and is glad
Of your sweet presence, dear, since I have had
Assurance of your love, and all the pain
Of strange past folly ne'er must come again
To dim those eyes or make your spirit sad;
What matter both have been so blindly mad?
We see each other's eyes - and we are sane.
Time passes: seize the present moment, dear;
Cling fast! - I love you - let us take our fill
Of pleasure! Let us live our lives, and still
Banish from out our hearts the bitter fear!
Borne on the surge of passion's waves, at last
Let us forget the miserable past!
LIKE a bird cheered with sunshine after rain,
My soul pants joyous music, and is glad
Of your sweet presence, dear, since I have had
Assurance of your love, and all the pain
Of strange past folly ne'er must come again
To dim those eyes or make your spirit sad;
What matter both have been so blindly mad?
We see each other's eyes - and we are sane.
Time passes: seize the present moment, dear;
Cling fast! - I love you - let us take our fill
Of pleasure! Let us live our lives, and still
Banish from out our hearts the bitter fear!
Borne on the surge of passion's waves, at last
Let us forget the miserable past!