Song

When, dearest, I but think of thee,
Methinks all things that lovely be
Are present, and my soul delighted;
For beauties that from worth arise
Are like the grace of deities,
Still present with us, tho' unsighted.

Thus whilst I sit, and sigh the day
With all his borrowed lights away,
Till night's black wings do overtake me,
Thinking on thee, thy beauties then,
As sadder lights do sleepy men,
So they by their bright rays awake me.

Thus absence dies, and dying proves
No absence can subsist with loves
That do partake of fair perfection;
Since in the darkest night they may,
By love's quick motion, find a way
To see each other by reflection.

The waving sea can with each flood
Bathe some high promont, that has stood
Far from the main up in the river:
Oh think not then but love can do
As much, for that's an ocean too,
Which flows not every day, but ever.

My Luve's Like a Red, Red Rose

O my Luve's like a red, red rose,
That's newly sprung in June:
O my Luve's like the melodie
That's sweetly played in tune!

As fair art thou, my bonnie lass,
So deep in luve am 1;
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
Till a' the seas gang dry.

Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear,
And the rocks melt wi' the sun;
I will luve thee still, my dear,
While the sands o' life shall run.

And fare thee weel, my only Luve,
And fare thee weel a whilel
And I will come again, my Luve,
Though it were ten thousand mile.

Love Not Me For Comely Grace

Love not me for comely grace,
For my pleasing eye or face;
Nor for any outward part,
No, nor for a constant heart:
For these may fail or turn to ill,
So thou and I shall sever.
Keep, therefore, a true woman's eye,
And love me still, but know not why,
So hast thou the same reason still
To doat upon me ever.

Wings of life

feathers of love
holding me up
in the sky above

kissing my tears away
i feel you with me
open and free
to dance in the sunlight
you have the key

open it before we get sucked in
down the dark hole of dispair
that we have waited
for so long to climb out

we are so close and yet
so far away
kiss me again
so i can be lost
in this dreary day

keeping you close
i wont let you go
gazing into your gorgeous eyes
i see fear
no need worry
for i am here.

Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie

On a Sunday morning sat a maid forlorn,
With her sweetheart by her side.
Thro' the window pane,
She looked at the rain,
"We must stay home, Joe," she cried;
"There's a picnic too,
At the Old Point View,
"It's a shame it rained today."
Then the boy drew near,
Kissed away each tear,
And heard him softly say:
"Wait till the sun shines, Nellie,
When the clouds go drifting by.
We will be happy, Nellie,
Don't you sigh;
Down lovers' lane we'll wander,
Sweetheart, you and I;
Wait till the sun shines,
Nellie, Bye and bye."

Outwitted

He drew a circle that shut me out--
Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.
But Love and I had the wit to win:
We drew a circle that took him in!

Love's Phi1osophy

The fountains mingle with the river
And the rivers with the Ocean;
The winds of Heaven mix for ever
With a sweet emotion;
Nothing in the world is single;
All things by a law divine
In one spirit meet and mingle.
Why not I with thine?

See the mountains kiss high Heaven
And the waves clasp one another;
No sister-flower would be forgiven
If it disdained its brother;
And the sunlight clasps the earth
And the moonbeams kiss the sea-
What is all this sweet work worth
If thou kiss not me?

Not By Bread Alone

If thou of fortune be bereft,
And thou dost find but two loaves left
To thee-sell one, and with the dole
Buy hyacinths to feed thy soul.

But not alone does beauty bide
Where bloom and tint and fragrance bide;
The minstrel's melody may feed
Perhaps a more insistent need.

But even beauty, howe'er blent
To ear and eye, fails to content;
Only the heart with love afire,
Can satisfy the soul's desire.

Understanding

If I should ever need to reach your heart,
Or feel the firmness of your clasping band,
I pray that you will always do your part
To guide my groping way, and understand
That sometimes, even in a love like ours,
Dim shadows of unrest may dare to grow,
And in the darkness of these sudden hours
Your gentle touch or words might make them go.

If I should search for reassurance, dear,
Within the quiet depths of your own eyes,
Oh, let their gaze remain as wise and clear,
Without rebuke, or sharpness of surprise,
For if you shut me out to grope in vain,
I may not wish to seek your door again.

As In A Rose-Jar

As in a rose-jar filled with petals sweet
Blown long ago in some old garden place,
Mayhap, where you and I a little space
Drank deep of love and knew that love was fleet;
Of leaves once gathered from a lost retreat
By one who never will again retrace
Her silent footsteps--one whose gentle face
Was fairer than the roses at her feet;

So, deep within the vase of memory
I keep my dust of roses fresh and dear
As in the days before I knew the smart
Of time and death. Nor aught can take from me
The haunting fragrance that still lingers here
As in a rose-jar, so within my heart.

My Ships

If all the ships I have at sea
Should come a-sailing home to me,
From sunny lands, and lands of cold,
Ah, well the harbor could not hold
So many sails as there would be
If all my ships came in from sea.

If half my ships came home from sea,
And brought their precious freight to me,
Ah, well! I should have wealth as great
As any king who sits in state,
So rich the treasures that would be
In half my ships now out at sea.

If just one ship I have at sea
Should come a-sailing home to me,
Ah, well! the storm clouds then might frown,
For if the others all went down
Still rich and proud and glad I'd be,
If that one ship came back to me.

If that one ship were down at sea,
And all the others came to me,
Weighed down with gems and wealth untold,
With glory, honor, riches, gold,
The poorest soul on earth I'd be
If that one ship came not to me.

O skies be calm! O winds blow free-
Blow all my ships safe home to me.
But if thou sendest some awrack
To never more come sailing back,
Send any--all that skim the sea-
But bring my love-ship home to me.

Tomorrow Came's Reply

O kiss me on a windswept day,
And cast my doubts and fears away,
Fill my saddened soul with bliss,
Bring love to life with just one kiss

For years I longed his deep blue eyes,
His breath between my weakened thighs,
Tomorrow came, now yesterday
Is where my memory will stay

Forbidden love I so desire,
It burns within, an untamed fire.
Chained to the vows of years ago
An empty marriage, no spark aglow.

O strike me down with brutal force
To take me from this vow's remorse,
So that one day my eyes may close
with him in thought, my long repose.

Choice

I'd rather have the thought of you
To hold against my heart,
My spirit to be taught of you
With west winds blowing,
Than all the warm caresses
Of another love's bestowing,
Or all the glories of the world
In which you had no part.

I'd rather have the theme of you
To thread my nights and days,
I'd rather have the dream of you
With faint stars glowing,
I'd rather have the want of you,
The rich, elusive taunt of you
Forever and forever and forever unconfessed
Than claim the alien comfort
Of any other's breast.

O lover! O my lover,
That this should come to me!
I'd rather have the hope of you,
Ah, Love, I'd rather grope for you
Within the great abyss
Than claim another's kiss-
Alone I'd rather go my way
Throughout eternity.

If I Were King

If I were king-ah love, if I were king!
What tributary nations would I bring
To stoop before your sceptre and to swear
Allegiance to your lips and eyes and hair.
Beneath your feet what treasures I would fling:--
The stars should be your pearls upon a string,
The world a ruby for your finger ring,
And you should have the sun and moon to wear
If I were king.

Let these wild dreams and wilder words take wing,
Deep in the woods I hear a shepherd sing
A simple ballad to a sylvan air,
Of love that ever finds your face more fair.
I could not give you any godlier thing
If I were king.

Longing

Come to me in my dreams, and then
By day I shall be well again!
For then the night will more than pay
The hopeless longing of the day.

Come, as thou cam'st a thousand times,
A messenger from radiant climes,
And smile on thy new world, and be
As kind to others as to me!

Or, as thou never cam'st in sooth,
Come now, and let me dream it truth;
And part my hair, and kiss my brow,
And say: My love! why sufferest thou?

Come to me in my dreams, and then
By day I shall be well again!
For then the night will more than pay
The hopeless longing of the day.

I wait for his foot fall,
Eager, afraid,
Each evening hour
When the lights fade . . .

I wait for his voice
To speak low to me--
As a mariner lost
Dreams of harbor, at sea . . .

I wait for his lips
When the dusk falls.
Life holds my longing
Behind dark walls.

I wait for his face-
As after rain
Earth trembles waiting
For the sun again . . .

We'll Go No More A Roving

So, we'll go no more a roving
So late into the night,
Though the heart be still as loving,
And the moon be still as bright.

For the sword outwears its sheath,
And the soul wears out the breast,
And the heart must pause to breathe,
And Love itself have rest.

Though the night was made for loving,
And the day returns too soon,
Yet we'll go no more a roving
By the light of the moon.

Silver Threads Among the Gold

Darling, I am growing old,
Silver threads among the gold.
Shine upon my brow today,
Life is fading fast away.
But, my darling, you will be
Always young and fair to me.

Yes, my darling you will be
Always young and fair to me.
Darling, I am growing old,
Silver threads among the gold,
Shine upon my brow today,
Life is fading fast away.

When your hair is silver white,
And your cheeks no longer bright,
With the roses of the May
I will kiss your lips and say:
Oh! I my darling, mine alone, alone,
You have never older grown!
Yes, my darling, mine alone,
You have never older grown.

Always young and fair to me.
Darling, I am growing old,
Silver threads among the gold,
Shine upon my brow today,
Life is fading fast away.

Love can never more grow old,
Locks may lose their brown and gold;
Cheeks may fade and hollow grow,
But the hearts that love will know,
Never, never winter's frost and chill;
Summer warmth is in them still;
Never winter's frost and chill,
Summer warmth is in them still.

Always young and fair to me.
Darling, I am growing old,
Silver threads among the gold,
Shine upon my brow today,
Life is fading fast away.

When You Are Old

When you are old and gray and full of sleep,
And nodding by the fire, take down this book,
And slowly read and dream of the soft look
Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;

How many loved your moments of glad grace,
And loved your beauty with love false or true;
But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,
And loved the sorrows of your changing face.

And bending down beside the glowing bars
Murmur, a little sadly, bow love fled
And paced upon the mountains overhead
And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.

Tomorrow Came

O kiss me on a windswept day,
And cast my doubts and fears away.
O peer into my cloudy eyes,
And hasten forth azuren skies.

Your blessed touch, your soothing voice,
Your love for me I do rejoice.
But stir me now, for I must wake,
So once again my heart will break.

Tomorrow came, and with it grief;
The recital of our love so brief.
O urge the day a hurried close
And wish for me a long repose.

My One True Love

Throughout my short existence,
I've found but one true love,
Someone who fits me perfectly,
Just like a rubber glove.

This person is someone I trust,
Someone who's always there,
Someone who I can turn to,
Through darkness and despair.

I've known since I first met her,
I love her oh so much,
I long for her to love me,
And to feel her gentle touch.

She says that she still loves me,
Yet just wants to be my friend,
But I know that I'll still love her,
Until the very end.

I wish that I could have her,
As my very own,
But I guess I had my chance,
And I guess that chance was blown.

This girl I love so very much,
Means more to me than ever,
And I hope deep down inside,
That one day we'll be together.

The Death of Me

Everything you could have been
Everything you'll be.
Everything you dream about
And everything you see.
All the times you feel so much
And times you let them go.
Times you thought you wanted love
And times you'll never know.
Parts of you, you cannot hide
Parts I'll never see.
Parts that want to be alone
And parts you share with me.
All these things that make you whole
I love like no one could.
And this is why I dream of you
In ways a lover would.
For friends is not enough for me
I know that it's been years.
But love has grown to more than this
Despite my greatest fears.
Take a look behind these eyes
And see the death of me.
The love I feel for my best friend
Though he will never see.

Her Best Friend

She crys but nobody sees her tears
He holds her hand so innocently- cannot realise
It is for him
She sits here now and cries.
When her face looks saddened he replaces her smile-
Without a clue
It is for him she is upset-
For she cannot speak whats true.
Being with him means the world to her
Yet it hurts her beyond words too
For she silently longs to say the words-
"I am in love with you."

Thoughts of Love

I wonder if he realizes how much I care about him...
That I spend hours thinking about him...
Hours talking about him.
I wonder if he realizes that all my friends know all about him,
But he doesn't even know them.
Does it even cross his mind that someone right under his nose cares so much for him?
That everything makes me think of him....
Many song lyrics remind me of him.
Does it occur to him that the person who loves him is right in front of him?
I guess it's not that obvious.
One day I'll tell him everything...
How I've day-dreamed about us being together...
That I've dreamt of kissing him or being in his arms...
Maybe one day I'll tell him,
But today is not that day.

Realizing Love

I take a deep breath,
say four words and let my true tears fall,
when you answer me maybe this wont work at all,
friends we can still remain,
but since then no longer have i heard you speak my name,
felt your hand touch my palm,
heard your thoughts,
your deepest secrets that you hide,
I close my eyes as a tear rolls down my cheek,
and I imagine the words you speak,
the words you say,
the games you played,
the options I've tried,
to attempt to keep our friendship alive,
as I've failed in all of the above,
I admit by chance maybe i just fell in love,
my heartbrakes and it aches,
I've never felt so depressed,
and yet all the time I wish for only the best,
I wish for love,
I wish for everything to go my way,
I wish that all this hurt and all this pain would all just fade away,
I feel alone,
So unloved,
And yet i wonder is this how its meant to be?
I wish i meant to you what you so fondly mean to me,
I close my eyes as a tear rolls down my cheek,
And i imagine the voice you speak,
The words you say,
The games you play,
the options that i tried,
to attempt for our friendship to stay alive,
As i know that i have failed in all of the above,
I must admit i just fell in love.

Persist

Dreams don't always come true
and that I have to accept.
But you were so much better
than all the rest.
You always cared
and you always loved.
You were always there
when push came to shove.
I wanted so badly
to have you near.
But it's someone else
who you hold dear.
"Persist" you once told me
"Cause your dream might come true".
But when you gave me this advice
Did you know that my dream was you?
Sometimes I think you did
But then I'm not so sure.
It doesn't really matter anyway
Cause your advice I chose to ignore.
How could I persist
Once I knew the truth?
I couldn't even pretend to not know
Cause you'd given me the proof.
I dealt with it the best I could
And tried to hide my feelings from you.
But deep down inside of me
I am sure that you still knew.
So now I just sit and wait
And check the mail each day.
I hope that you are home real soon
Cause it's been lonely with you away.

When?

Everyday I talk to her
The more I learn the more I want to know.
She's on my mind constantly -
Does she feel the same?
I look at my watch and say her name.
This feels so right
She knows I'm true
When will we be together?
Debi I just want to be with you.

Close Enough

I saw her first
in the words
she wrote
I saw her next
in the words
she spoke
So many miles
so far apart
but close enough
that she touched my heart...

Sell Me a Dream

Now I'm alone.
I sit here waiting, watching, listening, laughing,
FEELING... the splash of a tear who, somehow, found her way from outside to in;
SMILING...thoughts of her linger in my mind...what she says and how she does the things she does;
WONDERING ...where she is and what she is thinking;
TALKING...to myself and to whomever feels he should listen in;
DREAMING... of a time when life was young;
DANCING... in my heart, of course, happy as can be;
HOPING to end my search...right here.

MY FRIEND

I would hate to say it,
but our friendship just can't last.
The wonderful times we shared together,
have faded to the past.

I told you it would happen,
that our friendship was bound to end.
Although I know you care,
I cannot consider you as a friend.

Please don't try to argue,
just try to understand.
That time can change people,
as the tide can change the sand.

Our friendship has been lovely,
but you see it has an end.
For now I fell in a different way,
I've fallen in love with you my friend.

MINE

I know that you notice me
our eyes lock everyday.
But fear of being rejected is keeping me away.
I feel I have a burning desire
way down deep.
I wish we had a love to share,
a love to save and keep.
I want to be together now,
going with the flow
and sometimes, I wonder how,
we can make it go.
You're the one,
I'd give the sun.
Even the old pale moon.
If only for a second,
we'd be together soon.

Then one night you

whispered those words I've longed to hear.
"I love you"
but, you don't love me, my dear.
That was long ago,
the feelings all to clear.
I know now you meant those words
and how you'd draw me near.
But once you got attached on me,
I had to let you go.
Because of a higher power,
and of things we did not know.

We were friends,

the best ever made.
But, I remember those words,
in my heart they're saved.
But now you say,
that you were thinking,
and take those thoughtful words away.
My heart is now sinking.
It killed me inside,
I ran to hide,
>From you, what could I say??
How could you take back such a thing?
Three little words, that to me, meant EVERYTHING.

We had our fun, and now you see,
you come running back to me.
Now you know you meant those words you said,
I had the rage to scream out, in my head.
Not for long,
my rage burned,
and you foung out, your love was returned.