TO A FRIEND
You sigh because you are not loved.You only think you are not loved.I also sighed as you now sigh,Because I thought I was not loved.But I was loved—how I was loved!She lay awake at night and dreamedOf me, who thought I was not loved.Some loves like blooms that blush unseen,Remain unknown and unconfessed,And we oftimes are best belovedWhen loved with love in silence shrined.So be not sad, dear friend, nor sigh,But feel assured there is a heartIn this wide world that beats for you.
You sigh because you are not loved.You only think you are not loved.I also sighed as you now sigh,Because I thought I was not loved.But I was loved—how I was loved!She lay awake at night and dreamedOf me, who thought I was not loved.Some loves like blooms that blush unseen,Remain unknown and unconfessed,And we oftimes are best belovedWhen loved with love in silence shrined.So be not sad, dear friend, nor sigh,But feel assured there is a heartIn this wide world that beats for you.
You sigh because you are not loved.You only think you are not loved.I also sighed as you now sigh,Because I thought I was not loved.But I was loved—how I was loved!She lay awake at night and dreamedOf me, who thought I was not loved.Some loves like blooms that blush unseen,Remain unknown and unconfessed,And we oftimes are best belovedWhen loved with love in silence shrined.So be not sad, dear friend, nor sigh,But feel assured there is a heartIn this wide world that beats for you.
You sigh because you are not loved.
You only think you are not loved.
I also sighed as you now sigh,
Because I thought I was not loved.
But I was loved—how I was loved!
She lay awake at night and dreamed
Of me, who thought I was not loved.
Some loves like blooms that blush unseen,
Remain unknown and unconfessed,
And we oftimes are best beloved
When loved with love in silence shrined.
So be not sad, dear friend, nor sigh,
But feel assured there is a heart
In this wide world that beats for you.