And here I sit in solemn thought of you

A memory of what we'll never be

In thought I know what one should never do

Though heart knows not what eyes alone should see 

Alas I wish that I will never show 

So life be simple yet, and we forget 

Those things in you that cause my heart to glow

Thus life still lived with only small regret 

For fear of us, just us, is in my mind

A life well lived in happiness abide

A love like that my dear would make us blind

And those like us must set those gifts aside

So do, my love, you see my trouble still

I loved you once my dear, and always will