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Lovers and Troubles


How deep is the gloom where there is no star,
Where no beacon lights the paths of lost souls,
When dreary clouds with wind and rain hang far
Out in the night of dark and dreadful cold

Grey shadows lie between lover and the light
That gleams far above every tempest fierce,
Faint but constant my sweet joy in the night,
Though clouds of the heart it shall ever pierce

But your love makes sense of my pathless way,
'Til I hold you at last hope be my guide
To the azure skies of cool summer days,
To high fields of green where no shadows lie

There to await the fragrant morning fresh
Flower of love that blooms within my breast


My love,


If I could choose the love my heart desires,
Though the whole world was mine I would choose you,
For yours are the eyes that alone inspire
My arms with the hope that makes their strength new

Those looking-glass eyes whose reflections make
The bed of my heart in the stormy night
And smooth the covers until long after late
Have soothed my heart like moist harbour lights

I would for your touch forsake the fair earth
And pour out like water my hopeful soul,
To brush against the lips for which I thirst
And feel your warmth close when the days are cold

You may never desire the love I give
But to love you now is for me to live


Nkem,


In the space of time I have surely learned
To love you though I could never be first,
From the day our eyes met, while the fire burned,
'Til now, or it expires, or my heart bursts

Is there a greater than this I now dream,
For a sign of love I have searched the eyes
I wanted to possess for so they seemed
Like the beautiful gates of Paradise

The blossom is loved by the butterfly
Far less gently than you are loved by me,
If today love lasts I shall not die
But treasure you more though little hope there be

In the beginning you made me to rest,
Now have you gone and forsaken our nest


Obi m,


Gentle leaves of green do now begin
To fade in the late cool, autumnal sun,
In a brief farewell to sweet summer's end
Before the bare cold days of winter come

To be last to fall is no battle won,
As the rain cares not nor does the wind know
How we admire the leaf that hangs on
Through the longest night, in the deepest snow

That time of year when shadows are long,
When eyes peer out of the windows at night,
The hope of your love is my evening song
When the drifts of snow have made the world white

Though quiet is my heart now I will say
My love is for you on this winter's day


(Not too good, I know, so keep the line moving ,OK.

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