Rainbows (Custance)/The Secret

by Olive Custance

The Secret

 

I have a secret that I cannot singBecause I am afraid the wind might hearAnd stride across the sky to you, and flingMy secret in your ear.

I have a secret that I will not sayBecause I am afraid some friend would goAnd whisper it to you, my Love, one day,And you would know.

I have a secret that I dare not prizeAlthough it langhs away my loneliness,For if you ever looked into my eyesAh! you would guess!

And you might only pity and disdainThe passion that has set you far aboveThose other men who loved me all in vain,Oh, Love, my Love.