YOU AND I - THE LOVE OF WILLIAM AND KATE (Special Nook Edition) SPECIAL ILLUSTRATED GUIDE, POEMS, QUOTES AND BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES FOR THE ROYAL WEDDING Royal Wedding of Kate Middleton and Prince William of Wales (NOOKbook) Love Poems & Biographical Notes

YOU AND I - THE LOVE OF WILLIAM AND KATE (Special Nook Edition) SPECIAL ILLUSTRATED GUIDE, POEMS, QUOTES AND BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES FOR THE ROYAL WEDDING | Royal Wedding of Kate Middleton and Prince William of Wales (NOOKbook) Love Poems & Biographical Notes

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TIME AND LOVE.

Time flies. The swift hours hurry by
And speed us on to untried ways;
New seasons ripen, perish, die,
And yet love stays.

The old, old love—like sweet, at first,
At last like bitter wine—
I know not if it blest or curst
Thy life and mine.

Time flies. In vain our prayers, our tears!
We cannot tempt him to delays;
Down to the past he bears the years,
And yet love stays.

Through changing task and varying dream
We hear the same refrain,
As one can hear a plaintive theme
Run through each strain.

Time flies. He steals our pulsing youth;
He robs us of our care-free days;
He takes away our trust and truth:
And yet love stays.

O Time! take love! When love is vain,
When all its best joys die—
When only its regrets remain—
Let love, too, fly.