Say Not the World Should Cease To Be
What if I gave you a necklace,
Made full with one-thousand blooms?
And gathered all of Nature’s fruits
To give you the best perfumes?
What if I built you a castle,
With a waterfall next to a house?
And plucked the finest petals round
To weave you a flowery blouse?
What if I found you two slippers,
Encrusted with silvery gems?
And told you I’d found them dripping
From ten-thousand flower stems?
What if I built you a seat,
And made it all soft like a rose?
And told you I stole from the sun
In the sky something to make it glow?
What if I gave you a kiss,
And left it to rest on your cheek?
And whispered lightly into your ear
That I shall return next week?
What if I gave you my vow,
Wrapped round in beautiful rhyme?
And promised that through all the wars,
We’d love till the end of time?
What if, my darling, I told you,
Tomorrow the world will cease?
And said I love you with all of my heart,
Would this, alas, give you peace?
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