The Music Of Ireland
      Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms

       

      Believe me, if all those endearing young charms
      Which I gaze on so fondly today
      Were to change by tomorrow and fleet in my arms
      Like fairy gifts fading away.
      Thou wouldst 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 fervor 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 to her God when he sets
      The same look which she turned when she rose.

       

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