Ah, if you knew how soon and late <br />My eyes long for a sight of you <br />Sometimes in passing by my gate <br />You'd linger until fall of dew, <br />If you but knew! <br /> <br />Ah, if you knew how sick and sore <br />My life flags for the want of you, <br />Straightway you'd enter at the door <br />And clasp my hand between your two, <br />If you but knew! <br /> <br />Ah, if you knew how lost and lone <br />I watch and weep and wait for you, <br />You'd press my heart close to your own <br />Till love had healed me through and through, <br />If you but knew!<br /><br />Mathilde Blind<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ah-if-you-knew/
