Oh, No--Not Even When First We Loved

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Title:     Oh, No--Not Even When First We Loved
Author: Thomas Moore [More Titles by Moore]

(CASHMERIAN AIR.)

Oh, no--not even when first we loved,
Wert thou as dear as now thou art;
Thy beauty then my senses moved,
But now thy virtues bind my heart.
What was but Passion's sigh before,
Has since been turned to Reason's vow;
And, though I then might love thee _more_,
Trust me, I love thee _better_ now.

Altho' my heart in earlier youth
Might kindle with more wild desire,
Believe me, it has gained in truth
Much more than it has lost in fire.
The flame now warms my inmost core,
That then but sparkled o'er my brow,
And, though I seemed to love thee more,
Yet, oh, I love thee better now.

[The end]
Thomas Moore's poem: Oh, No--Not Even When First We Loved

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