The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-11-16

BY ARTHUR NJ. EASTER.

Sweetheart, we are kept apart by Providence
God knows that love you. dear. but not yet
For you are SO beautiful. and so good and wise
That I may not ask your love. while am SO
All have to offer you, Qisten please. dear. to
Is love that's kind and true. honest. faithful,
Now five neither wealth nor fame, and am not
great nor wise.
Yet who would not win name, with your
praises for the Drize2
Once your eyes smiled in my own. with won
Such as have always thought, only those who
And though it was a mistake, can never more
How your bright eyes looked in mine. when.
dear sweetheart, we first met;
Nor can forget your voice, for it Is so sweet q
And your face has every grace that a woman
Yet so little can / give in return for all your
Unto you who are most dear of all women on
Doubtless. it. is hest SO now. elsa Coda -Provi-
Unto me those things that would. with your
nit pIesses a Him, Sometime t shall surely yet
But until God says. sweetheart. you must
For although it may seem hard, Providence has
am IN the shadow now. you are in the glori-
Sometime. by the grace of God. shall leave this
And By your dear side shall walk, in the light
Of loves bright day.
But cannot ask your love. and the joy none
Save your own dear self, sweetheart, till can
help you to live Ya
More than any other man ever here may hope
For would not that one day of your life should
IwouId rather be forgot. if your life may not
would sooner every hourof my life here should
Than that any Of your own. should not with
content be glad.
30 until 1 can lay down, atyour feet, sweetheart
Than just loyal, honest love, from afar must
Oh how much wish could give unto you
That lover ever hopes, to his dear sweetheart
Riches. honor, wealth and fame, gladly at your
Ay for your dear love. sweetheart, all these
things I'd throw away,
For no thing existing is, that in my eyes can
With your Ioveliness and worth for you death
itself Id dare.
Just smile from your clear eyes. just warm
clasp of your hand,
Just word from your sweet lips-all of my
life can command;
All that shall ever be, all that can ever give,
Is yours for the taking, love, tits alone for you
And think, could you now know, how my soul
adOres you, dear,
You would be glad 1t is SO, you would always
want me near,
All If you could realize, how your presence
With an ecstacy Of Joy, 'gainst yourself you'd
take my part.
Dear, sometime shall succeed, and our hearts
shall understand
All that now is not made plain. all the good
that God has planned,
I shall achieve fame enough, and enough of
wealth beside,
So that you will love me, dear, and / shall be
satisfied;
Yes, there shall be JOY for you, and there shall
be joy for me,
Through His gracious Providence, in the days
that are to be;
Listen to His promised word, "I'll give thee thy
hearts Desires
And is it not thine own self. that my soul the
most requires?
Feeble are the words I've said, naught I've done
love to command,
Little, indeed, can give, yet know that God
has planned
Some day shall bring to you. all the love my
heart can hold,
Almost can see the glow, of loves dawning in
AS | think Of your fair face, and it tells me
day is nigh;
Soon, dear Twill it not be soon I? your bright
smile my life shall bless,
And the sun of bliss shall rise, when you softly
answer. yes