* <br /> <br /> <br />What shall I your true love tell, <br />Earth forsaking maid? <br />What shall I your true love tell <br />When life's spectre's laid? <br />"Tell him that, our side the grave, <br />Maid may not believe <br />Life should be so sad to have, <br />That's so sad to leave!" <br />What shall I your true love tell <br />When I come to him? <br />What shall I your true love tell <br />Eyes growing dim? <br />"Tell him this, when you shall part <br />From a maiden pined; <br />That I see him with my heart, <br />Now my eyes are blind." <br />What shall I your true love tell <br />Speaking while is scant? <br />What shall I your true love tell <br />Death's white postulant? <br />"Tell him love, with speech at strife, <br />For last utterance saith: <br />`I who loved with all my life, <br />Loved with all my death.'" <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />*<br /><br />Francis Thompson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/what-shall-i-your-true-love-tell/
