Peter Stampfel - Believe Me, If All These Endearing Charms lyrics
[Peter Stampfel - Believe Me, If All These Endearing Charms lyrics]
Believe me
If all these 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 ador'd as
This moment thou art
Let thy loveliness fade as it will
And, around the dear ruin each
Wish of my heart
Would entwine it'self verdantly still!
It is not while beauty and
Youth are thine own
And thy cheeks unprofan'd by a tear
That the fervour and faith of
A soul can be known
To which time will but make thee more dear!
For the heart, that has truly lov'd
Never forgets
But as truly loves on to the close
As the sun-flower turns on the sun
When he sets
The same look she gave when he rose!
If all these 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 ador'd as
This moment thou art
Let thy loveliness fade as it will
And, around the dear ruin each
Wish of my heart
Would entwine it'self verdantly still!
It is not while beauty and
Youth are thine own
And thy cheeks unprofan'd by a tear
That the fervour and faith of
A soul can be known
To which time will but make thee more dear!
For the heart, that has truly lov'd
Never forgets
But as truly loves on to the close
As the sun-flower turns on the sun
When he sets
The same look she gave when he rose!