O memories that bless and burn,
O barren gain and bitter loss,
I kiss each bead, and strive at last to learn
To kiss the cross, Sweet-heart,
To kiss the cross.
57—JUST A-WEARYIN' FOR YOU
Mornin' comes, the birds awake,
Used to sing so for your sake,
But there's sadness in the notes
That come trillin' from their throats
Seem to feel your absence, too,
Just a-wearyin' for you.
58—IF I MIGHT COME TO YOU
If I might only come to you, from all the world apart,
If I might only lay my dreams before your tender heart,
I wonder would you pity me, Or would you bid me go?
If I should dare to ask your love, because I love you so!
If I might only kneel to you, With all my love confest,
If I might only lay my head upon your loving breast,
If you would only comfort me, And bid my fears have rest,
If I might only stay with you—Then would my life be blest
59—ROSE IN THE BUD
Rose in the bud,
The June air's warm and tender,
Why do you shrink, your petals to display?
Are you afraid to bloom in crimson splendour
Lest someone come and steal your heart away?
Rose in the bud,
The evening sun is sinking,
Wait not too long and trifle not with fate,
Life is so short and love is all, I'm thinking,
Love comes but once, and then, perhaps, too late.
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