Lyrics/Music Trad/T.Moore



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 would still be adored

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



It is not while beauty

And youth are thine own

And thy cheeks unprofaned by a tear

That the fervor and faith

Of a soul can be known

To which time has but made thee more dear

No, the heart which has truly

Loved never forgets

But as truly loves on to the close

As the sunflower turns

To her god when he sets

The same look which she gave when he rose