Brilliant eyes and a star-borne crown
Seen through my quickly closing eyes
Untold beauty, so dearly missed
Even while in such close of ties
When ‘Time shall tell’ I said to you
What wondrous hopes raged in your heart?
Time-tested, time-broken, and time-renewed
So burst a flame,
From tiny sparks
Her angel’s tongue and laughing sighs
Adorn my dreams with such sweet warmth
I lit in the dusk a flame in hopes
Of capturing that heav’nly star
Soon on my knees to you I’d weep
And glance about in disarray
If what we said could e’er be true
I’d give it now:
My love, away
For Time shall tell, dear to my heart
What comes of smiles and gallant pose
Oh, what countless tales Time shall tell
Once I give to you
What I long so much to give to you
And see in your hands embraced
A single, flawless rose |