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Ella Wheeler Wilcox - Time And Love
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Time flies. The swift hours hurry by

And speed us on to untried ways;

New seasons ripen, perish, die,

And yet love stays.

The old, old love—like sweet, at first,

At last like bitter wine—

I know not if it blest or curst

Thy life and mine.

Time flies. In vain our prayers, our tears!

We cannot tempt him to delays;

Down to the past he bears the years,

And yet love stays.

Through changing task and varying dream

We hear the same refrain,

As one can hear a plaintive theme

Run through each strain.

Time flies. He steals our pulsing youth;

He robs us of our care-free days;

He takes away our trust and truth:

And yet love stays.

O Time! take love! When love is vain,

When all its best joys die—

When only its regrets remain—

Let love, too, fly.
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