One summer’s eve so long ago,
That sitting here I do not know,
If what I’m here about to show,
Corresponds with my old vow.
Waving this and little more.
Lost happiness out at the faro,
Which wane like my closest sorrow,
Who I have the need to borrow,
Saving such things from the morrow;
Doing this within my bore.
Gazing out upon the main there,
Tasting salt within the sea*s air,
Waiting in this same old house where,
First I heard the news I here share,
Given to my heart so sore.
She, the love I had so long sought,
To me it was then and there taught,
Would not be with my love then bought.
That catch of the sea I had caught,
Would be memories of yore.
To me, the news was to be said,
Laying there within my cold bed,
The life that my love had so led,
Ended now! For she was then dead;
Her life but the things of lore.
At the altar in her white dress,
To me pledging her oath of yes,
For eternity and no less,
Now in my heart but a distress,
For ‘twould happen nevermore.
There in heaven, she would be well,
While on earth in this place I dwell,
Truly knowing what would be hell,
Never able to my love tell:
I do, sweet, forevermore.
04-May-2008 21:11:08
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