Love (song lyrics)

Forbid that love in mere hope dwelt,
Passion dead, heart shattered and soul wretched;
Forbid love of temporal and short-lived ones,
And evermore the darker side of life shun.

For man’s life is not transient— it endures,
For he needs the heart’s love as cures
To live by for untold times
With rhymes and chimes
Perpetuated by love
As vast as sky above.

Life may not be eternal but love is.

Copyright: Welkin Siskin