Resolved

If I should die,

I could not tie

            Your gaiters any more;

If I should die,

I could not hie

            With you down to the shore

Where ripples run

Glad in the sun,

            And where the billows roar.

I could not go

Where soft winds blow,

            Where boughs bend down and swing,

With you, nor wend

Where blossoms bend,

            And where the mockbirds sing;

Nor could I love

The skies above,

            Nor you, nor anything.

Ah, me! ah, me!

What could life be—

            I should have said, “what death—“

We could not stroll

To grassy knoll

            If death should stop my breath;

There is no love,

Nor making love,

            Beyond the walls of death.

This being true—

Me loving you

            Right  now and always—I’ll

Live on, dear; I

Will stay and tie

            Your gaiters, and will pile

Soft cushions, too,

Dear heart, for you,

            And live for quite a while.

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