Some people would try to ru'in love's meaning–
To call it but marriage and leave't at that.
I find myself at a diff'rent leaning,
Where love is but love, and hence that is what
To one's perception, many would lay flat
Everything they own for one eve'ning
With the one they love – one moment whereat
E'en the harshest heart can be caught singing.
But alas, my gentle heart, not today.
What has the world come to, that people would
Shut the door on love, and instead relay
That which they hear from 'far and claim I, too, should?
But darling,
I love you with a love straight from the heart,
Not by love diluted by heaven's art.
