I'd Like to Say

I'd like to say: "Stop, pretty maid,
My rose, my star! Do not depart!
What God endowed me with I give
To thee sweet girl: a feeling heart.''

I'd like to say: "My heart 's a sea,
Rule it at will, remember though,
Of precious gems the fairest one —
Loyalty's pearl — is found below."

I'd like to say: "This gem retains
Fore'er its splendor marvelous.

I'd say all this and more, but oh!

There is no one I could speak to thus!'