I hid my love when I was young 'til I
Couldn't bear the buzzing fly,
I hid my love to my despite
'til I could not bear to look at light:
I dare not gaze upon his face
But left his memory in each place
Where ever I saw a wild flower lie
I kissed and bade my love goodbye
I met him in the greenest dells
Where dewdrops pearl the wood bluebells
The lost breeze kissed his bright blue eye
The bee kissed and went up singing by
A sunbeam found a passage there
A gold chain round her neck so fair
As secret as the wild bee's song
He lay there all summer long
I hit my love in field and town
'till the breeze would knock me down
The bee's seemed to sing ballads over
The fly's bass turned a lions roar
To haunt me all summer long
The riddle nature could not prove
Was nothing else but secret love
I loved you, even now I may confess,
Some embers of my love their fire retain,
But I do not let it cause you more distress
I do not want to sadden you again
Hopeless and tongue tied, yet I loved you dearly
With pangs of jealous and timid know
So tenderly I loved you so sincerely
I pray God grant you another love you so!!!
