Be it that
The life I live be art in vain
May love thrive my blood
And run my vein
We live forever
Says the preacher
I live now
As the case may be
And my shortened life
My greatest teacher
To give the world
As love gave me
For truth I find
be only for mine eyes
But love and tomorrow never dies
Let those images unwind
As my fleeting folly befall me
For if life is love and love be blind
Then blindly you do stare
At these words before thee
But if life's a dream, thus my illusion break
Bid me die before I wake.
