Love came loitering down the way,
( Heart, but we two were young! )
Laughter light in his eyes there lay,
Music was on his tongue;
“Stay, Love, stay — walk with us, pray!
( Sweet were the songs he sung. )
Love with us goes wandering still,
( Heart, but his songs are sweet! )
Suns may shine, or the rains beat chill,
What matter cold or heat?
Blue or grey, Love goes our way;
( Summer follows his feet. )
Love, he has been a comrade true,
( Heart, how the seasons fly! )
Joy and Sorrow have found us too,
Greeted and passed us by;
So Love stay, they may go their way;
( And Love can never die. )