Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms by Thomas Moore
b'Thomas Moore read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\\nhttp://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\\n\\nGiving voice to the poetry of the past.\\n\\n---------------------------------------------------\\n\\n Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms\\n\\nby Thomas Moore (1779 \\u2013 18f2)\\n\\nBelieve me, if all those endearing young charms,\\nWhich I gaze on so fondly to-day,\\nWere to change by to-morrow, and fleet in my arms,\\nLive fairy-gifts fading away,\\nThou wouldst still be adored, as this moment thou art,\\nLet thy loveliness fade as it will,\\nAnd around the dear ruin each wish of my heart\\nWould entwine itself verdantly still.\\n\\nIt is not while beauty and youth are thine own,\\nAnd thy cheeks unprofaned by a tear,\\nThat the fervour and faith of a soul can be known,\\nTo which time will but make thee more dear!\\nNo, the heart that has truly loved never forgets,\\nBut as truly loves on to the close,\\nAs the sunflower turns on her god when he sets\\nThe same look which she turned when he rose!'