Unsaid

Ah lad, if I could only say
The smiles are not for you!
But since your eyes are turned this way,
What is there I can do?
It’s one I see beyond, beyond,
My heart is leaning to.

I know, I know, the whole hour long
I have been dull and sad,
And answered not the word at all
I meant to answer, lad;
Because my wits were gone astray
With all the heart I had.

And now the latest ones are come,
And he is coming too;
And I would keep the starlight back,
But oh, it will shine through!
And since you never turn to see,
You take it all to you.