LXXX
Reading edition
How to say I love you: What, if I but live it, Were the use in that, love? Small, indeed.
Only, every moment 5 Of this waking lifetime Let me be your lover And your friend!
Ah, but then, as sure as Blossom breaks from bud-sheath, 10 When along the hillside Spring returns,
Golden speech should flower From the soul so cherished, And the mouth your kisses 15 Filled with fire.