If Heaven would hear my prayer, <br />My dearest wish would be, <br />Thy sorrows not to share <br />But take them all on me; <br />If Heaven would hear my prayer. <br /> <br />I'd beg with prayers and sighs <br />That never a tear might flow <br />From out thy lovely eyes, <br />If Heaven might grant it so; <br />Mine be the tears and sighs. <br /> <br />No cloud thy brow should cover, <br />But smiles each other chase <br />From lips to eyes all over <br />Thy sweet and sunny face; <br />The clouds my heart should cover. <br /> <br />That all thy path be light <br />Let darkness fall on me; <br />If all thy days be bright, <br />Mine black as night could be; <br />My love would light my night. <br /> <br />For thou art more than life, <br />And if our fate should set <br />Life and my love at strife, <br />How could I then forget <br />I love thee more than life?<br /><br />John Hay<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/love-s-prayer-2/
