Charles Mackay
1814-1889.
I Love My Love
W
hat is the meaning of the song
That rings so clear and loud,
Thou nightingale amid the copse—
Thou lark above the cloud?
What says the song, thou joyous thrush,
Up in the walnut-tree?
“I love my Love, because I know
My Love loves me.”
II.
What is the meaning of thy thought,
O maiden fair and young?
There is such pleasure in thine eyes,
Such music on thy tongue;
There is such glory on thy face—
What can the meaning be?
“I love my Love, because I know
My Love loves me.”
III.
O happy words! at Beauty’s feet
We sing them ere our prime;
And when the early summers pass,
And Care comes on with Time,
Still be it ours, in Care’s despite,
To join the chorus free—
“I love my Love, because I know
My Love loves me.”