Pebbles and Shells (Hawkes collection)/Sweet Smiling Lips
SWEET SMILING LIPS
Sweet smiling lips, so wan and white,That yester morn were laughing lightOh! tell me has her spirit fled,Or does my loved one sleep instead?Oh! will she wake with morning brightSweet smiling lips?
But one brief day has taken flight,Since love redeemed its holy plightBut now all happiness has sped,Sweet smiling lips.
Yet yesterday when we were wedI thought the simple words you saidWere something Time could never blight;But now that dream has vanished quite.Oh! come back flushing, blushing redAnd tell me that she is not dead,Sweet smiling lips.