And did you think my heart
Could keep its love unchanging,
Fresh as the buds that start
In spring, nor know estranging?
Listen! The buds depart:
I loved you once, but now-
I love you more than ever.
‘T is not the early love;
With day and night it alters,
And onward still must move
Like earth, that never falters
For storm or star above.
I loved you once; but now-
I love you more than ever.
With gifts in those glad days
How eagerly I sought you!
Youth, shining hope, and praise:
These were the gifts I brought you.
In this world little stays:
I loved you once, but now-
I love you more than ever.
A child with glorious eyes
Here in our arms half sleeping-
So passion wakeful lies;
Then grows to manhood, keeping
Its wistful, young surprise:
I loved you once, but now-
I love you more than ever.
When age’s pinching air
Strips summer’s rich possession,
And leaves the branches bare,
My secret in confession
Still thus with you I’ll share:
I loved you once, but now-
I love you more than ever.
(George Parsons Lathrop)
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