Poems (Barker)/Some One To Love
Some One to Love.
No one to love me, one year ago;No one to pity my hearts' dismal woe.Far from my kindred, far from my home;No one to care if forever I roam.Friendless and lonely with no one to love,Sadly I thought of my treasures above,A stranger I wandered the wide city through,Nothing to wait for and nothing to do.
No one was waiting with welcoming kiss,For my sad heart was no pleasure like this.Cold were the faces I met in the streets,Ceaseless the bustle of hurrying feet.Down in the darkness of doubt and despair,My heart's better feelings were shivering there.Only a year ago no one to love,Longing to meet with my treasures above.
Only a year ago, now all is bright;Oh! my proud heart is so happy to-night.Some one to love me forever and aye;Some one to wait for me when I'm away;Some one has filled my cup brimming with bliss,And she is waiting with welcoming kiss;Now in the hurry of bustling teet,Stealeth a music so soft and replete.
Now in the faces once faded and old—Faces to me that were formal and cold—Catch I faint glimpses of heaven above.They've some one to pray for them, some one to love;And I can echo their laughter to-night—All of the flowers in my spirit are bright.Dear Angels, help me my happiness prove!I've some one to pray for me—some one to love.