Dare Quam Accipere

Ah! yesterday was dark and drear,
My heart was deadly sore;
Without thy love it seem'd, my Dear,
That I could live no more.

And yet I laugh and sing to-day;
Care or care not for me,
Thou canst not take the love away
Wherewith I worship thee.

And if to-morrow, Dear, I live,
My heart I shall not break:
For still I hold it that to give
Is sweeter than to take.