Classic Poem

You will go hence, sweetheart, and leave me,
And may forget
We ever met —
And that it is, alas! will grieve me!
And, yet, the past —
How could it last!
And could I know you would deceive me!

The fleeting hours we spent together —
The rambles far
'Neath sun and star
In peaceful calm and stormy weather,
By hedge and stream —
A Summer dream —
Our hearts as light as lightest feather —
Can you forget
That we have met!

You will go hence, sweetheart, and leave me,
And may forget
We ever met —
And that it is, alas! will grieve me!
And, yet, the past —
How could it last!
And could I know you would deceive me!

The fleeting hours we spent together —
The rambles far
'Neath sun and star
In peaceful calm and stormy weather,
By hedge and stream —
A Summer dream —
Our hearts as light as lightest feather —
Can you forget
That we have met!