4510568Poems — Do I Love Thee?Martha A. Smith

DO I LOVE THEE?


Do I love thee? Go and ask the flowers
If they love the sweet, refreshing showers.

Do I love thee? Dost thou recall the time
When first pressed to thy heart as thine?

Do I love thee? Forget not the first kiss,
When we thought our love was bliss.

Do I love thee? Can we ever forget,
Until our sun on earth has set?

Do I love thee? Tongue can never tell
How much I love thee, or how well.

Do I love thee? Would you have me say
My heart is thine till my dying day?

Do I love thee? Oft in silent thought
Thy image to my mind is brought.

Do I love thee? Yes, as the miser his gold,
Who hugs it closely, yet counts it untold.

Do I love thee? Coldness rends the heart,
And takes from love its better part.

Do I love thee? True love cannot be bought;
My feelings are too deeply wrought.

I will ever truly love thee, and thy love I'll ne'er resign;
While life may last my purest love shall be forever thine.