Day by day, with startling fleetness,
Life speeds away;
Love, alone, can glean its sweetness,
Love while you may.
While the soul is strong and fearless,
While the eye is bright and tearless,
Ere the heart is chilled and cheerless-
Love while you may.
Life may pass, but love, undying,
Dreads no decay;
Even from the grave replying,
'Love while you may.'
Love's the fruit, as life's the flower;
Love is heaven's rarest dower;
Love gives love its quick'ning power-
Love while you may.
More verses by Charles Sangster
- The Swallows
- There Is No Sadness Here. O That My Heart
- There Was A Time-And That Is All We Know!
- Through Every Sense A Sweet Balm Permeates
- The Unattainable
