YOU came when hope was sinking fast,And bade me listen and be strong,You told the story of your wrong;With sorrow in my tender heart,And all the love I could impart,In sacred trust I gave to you.Thus in your arms my life was cast,Content that all our days should passWithin the haven of sweet love.But as the fleeting years rolled by,Me-thought a shadow in your eyeDisclosed a sadness, a regret.Its meaning you would ne'er unfold,Altho' my soul grew dark with fear,My heart was wrung with woe untold,But I did love and trust in you.Ah me,—I love you dearly still.And when I see those sad, sweet eyes,With unshed tears from grief so fill,My very being aches with pain.My accusations had been vain.With open arms again I pleadFor memory of all the past,For did you not then come to meWhen my last hope was sinking fast.
