[Editor: This poem by William Blocksidge (also known as William Baylebridge) was published in Songs o’ the South (1908).]
A Love Song
I love thee! I love thee!
O, could I only tell
The love for thee that lives in me;
For, Love, I love thee well!
O Love, O Love, I love thee!
I love those eyes so blue,
That brightly shine, like orbs divine —
Alas! too bright, ’tis true.
O Love, O Love, I love thee!
I love those locks of gold!
That form so fair, those features rare,
I love with love untold!
I love thee! I love thee!
I love that heart so free!
I can but live if thou wilt give,
O Love, thy love to me!
Source:
William Blocksidge, Songs o’ the South, London: Watts, 1908, pp. 86-87
Editor’s notes:
thee = (archaic) you
thou = (archaic) you
thy = (archaic) your
’tis = (archaic) a contraction of “it is”
wilt = (archaic) will
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