by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

God bless and keep thee
Language: English 
I know not if thy love be as a flower
in autumn, and has faded now from me
I know not, if I came now as of yore,
You would greet me
I can but pray:
"God bless and keep thee,
God bless and keep thee,
keep thee, my love for e'er and e'er."

I know not if thy love be as a fortress
And has withstood all other loves for me
I only know my love for thee is changeless
I still love thee
Each day I pray:
"God bless and keep thee,
God bless and keep thee,
keep thee, my love for e'er and e'er."

Note: in the score for the Ives song, underneath the final three words of each stanza there is the following text in brackets: "aye and aye"


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Researcher for this page: Barbara Miller

This text was added to the website: 2010-05-29
Line count: 16
Word count: 107