Messages from My Soul

I Once Loved And I Lost Forever

I ONCE LOVED AND I LOST FOREVER

I once loved and I lost forever

   She was my star without her knowing

   In bitter silence did I her charms admire,

   She was my sanctuary, my angel

   In distant dreams shattered. . . my life, my fire.

I once loved and I lost forever

   She was my meaning, the object

   Of many songs of love to sing I feared

   She was the zephyr, to the wounds of time the balm,

   To succor the woe of my heart unfreed.

I once loved and I lost forever

   I have poured into the depths of nothingness--

  A dry breeze that sweeps the shriveled vale--

  Love unrequited, love unsaid, love embittered

  In a soul for pain too weak. . . too frail. . .

I once loved and I lost forever

  See now how I to dream am vain!

  There is more than heartache in the mirthless strain

  I raise to heaven, o, you angels, lend my tears an ear!

  I have loved in silence, and in silence was my defeat.

  Not until now have I fathomed how the price is dear--

  O listen, for to lovelorn live is as death to meet!