Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms - John McCormack
Beleive me if all those
Endearing young charms
Which I gave on
So fondly today
Were to change by
Tomorrow and fleet in my arms
Like the fairy gifts fading away
Though would still be adored
As this moment thou art
Let thy loveliness fade as it will
And around the dear ruin
Each wish of my heart
Would entwine itself verdantly still
It is not while beauty and
Youth are thine own
And thy cheeks
Unprofaned by a tear
That the fervour and faith
Of a soul can be known
To which time will but
Make thee more dear
No the heart that has
Truly loved never forgets
But as truly loves
On to the close
As the sunflower turns
On her guard when he sets
The same look which
She turned when he rose