More Than I Knew

Let the empty wagons clatter as they rattle down the

                street,

Let the nature-lovers wander through whole miles of

                meadowsweet,

I have got no eyes for nature, I have got no ears for

                song—

Birds may sing their sweetest anthems, empty carts may

                bang along—

I am leaning down above you where you’re tossing

                to and fro—

Oh, I always know I loved you, but not that I loved

                you so!

 

Let the nature-lovers wander through whole miles of

                meadowsweet,

Out where buttercups and daisies and smooth pathways

                coax their feet;

I have got my arms about you, got your hot cheek pressed

                to mine,

And am gazing in the pain-dimmed, pleading eyes that

                used to shine,

And I feel each racking tremor that ‘tis yours to feel

                and know—

Oh, I always knew I loved you, but not that I loved

                you so!

 

Every daytime I am with you; and the whole long night-

                time thorough,

When you’re racked with pain, I’m weeping for the

                little I can do;

And my heart goes out in feeling more than ever it has

                Done

To the fathers and the mothers who have lost a little

                one;

And I clasp you closer to me—I could never let you go!

Oh, I always knew I loved you, but not that I loved

                you so!

 

Snuggle down here to your daddy, dear, and try to go

                to sleep;

No, you need not bother with your, "Pray the Lord I’ms

                soul to keep;"

Snuggle down—I’ll say if for you; just get well, dear

                heart, and we

Will go romping like we used to just as glad as we

                can be,

And the roller skates you asked for shall be yours—

                now, by-o-lo;

Dear, I always knew I loved you, but not that I loved

                you so.

 

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