Irish Folksongs Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms Lyrics

Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms Lyrics

Believe me, if all those endearing young charms

Which I gaze on so fondly
today

Were to change by tomorrow and fleet in my arms

Like fairy
gifts fading away

Thou wouldst still be adored as this moment thou art

Let thy loveliness fade as it will

And around the dear ruin each wish
of my heart

Would entwine itself verdantly still



It is not
while beauty and youth are thine own

And thy cheeks unprofaned by a
tear

That the fervor and faith of a soul can be known

To which time
will but make thee more dear

No, the heart that has truly loved never
forgets

But as truly loves on to the close

As the sunflower turns
to her God when he sets

The same look which she turned when she rose