" If You're going to love me,
love me now, while I can know
All the secrets and tender feelings
which from real affection flows.
Love me now while I'm living;
Do not wait 'till I am gone
And then chisel them on marble warm
Love words on ice-cold stone
If you have,Dear, sweet thoughts about me
Why not whisper them to me?
Don't you know it would make me
Happy and as glad, as glad as could be?
If you wait 'till I am sleeping,
Never to awaken here again,
There'll be walls between us
And I couldn't hear then.
So, Dear, If you love me any,
If it's but a little bit,
Let me know it now while I'm living;
I can own and treasure it."
