Let us make a leap, my dear, <br />In our love, of many a year, <br />And date it very far away, <br />On a bright clear summer day, <br />When the heart was like a sun <br />To itself, and falsehood none; <br />And the rosy lips a part <br />Of the very loving heart, <br />And the shining of the eye <br />But a sign to know it by;— <br />When my faults were all forgiven, <br />And my life deserved of Heaven. <br />Dearest, let us reckon so, <br />And love for all that long ago; <br />Each absence count a year complete, <br />And keep a birthday when we meet.<br /><br />Thomas Hood<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/let-us-make-a-leap-my-dear/
