[Verse 1] 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 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 itself verdantly still! [Interlude]        [Verse 2] 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 love can be known To which time will but make thee more dear! No! the heart that has truly lov’d never forgets But as truly loves on to the close As the sun-flower turns on her God when he sets The same look which she turn’d when he rose!