Will You Love Me then as Now.
You have told me that you love me,
And your heart’s thought seems to speak,
As you look on me so fondly,
And the life-blood tints your cheek.
May I trust that these warm feelings,
Never will grow cold and strange,
And you’ll remain unalter’d
In this weary world of change?
When the shades of care and sorrow,
Dim my eyes and cloud my brow,
And my spirit sinks within me—
Will you love me then as now?
Though our youth may pass uncloud’d
In a peaceful happy home,
Yet as year on year advances,
Changes must upon us come.
For the step will lose its lightness,
And the hair be changed to grey;
Eyes once bright give up their luster,
And the hopes of youth decay
When all these have passed upon me,
And stern age has touched my brow,
Will the change find you unchanging?
Will you love me then as now?