Endearing Young Charms - Sarah 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 wouldst 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 will

But make thee more dear

No the heart

That has truly loved never forgets

But as truly loves on to the close

As the sunflower looks to

Her God when he sets

The same look which

She turned when he rose

No the heart

That 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 turned when he rose