I'll love thee as long as I live, <br />Whate'er thy condition may be; <br />All else but my life would I give, <br />That thou wast as partial to me. <br /> <br />I love thee because thou art fair, <br />And fancy no other beside; <br />I languish thy pleasures to share, <br />Whatever my life may betide. <br /> <br />I'll love thee when youth's vital beam <br />Grows dim on the visage of cares; <br />And trace back on time's rapid stream, <br />Thy beauty when sinking in years. <br /> <br />Though nature no longer is gay, <br />With blooms which the simple adore, <br />Let virtue forbid me to say, <br />That Cath'rine is lovely no more.<br /><br />George Moses Horton<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/to-catharine/
