Gifts

It was not for your heart I sought, But you, dear, foolieh maid, have brongh Only youi heart to me. Ali, that so rare a gift should be The gift I wantod not! I askd a momentary thing, But 'tis eternity you bring. And with iiigenuous eycs Ycm offer, a?? tlio lesser prize, This priceless offerhig. Oh, what, in love's name, shall I do, Who have both loet and captured youf You will but lovc me; so Since I, too, cannot let you go, I can but love you too.