Caroling Dusk/I Want to Die While You Love Me

by Georgia Douglas Johnson

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I WANT TO DIE WHILE YOU LOVE ME

I want to die while you love me, While yet you hold me fair,While laughter lies upon my lips And lights are in my hair.

I want to die while you love me And bear to that still bedYour kisses turbulent, unspent To warm me when I’m dead.

I want to die while you love me; Oh, who would care to liveTill love has nothing more to ask And nothing more to give?

I want to die while you love me, And never, never seeThe glory of this perfect day Grow dim, or cease to be!