Deep Friendship
Mathilde Blind
Ah, yesterday was dark and drear,
        My heart was deadly sore;
        Without thy love it seemed, my Dear,
        That I could live no more.
        
And yet I laugh and sing to-day;
        Care or care not for me,
        Thou canst not take the love away
        With which I worship thee.
        
And if to-morrow, Dear, I live,
        My heart I shall not break:
        For still I hold it that to give
        Is sweeter than to take.
        
Love in Exile
 
      