Francesco Paolo Tosti — For Ever and for Ever

I think of all thou art to me I dream of what thou canst not be My life is cursed with thoughts of thee For ever and for ever My heart is full of grief and woe I see thy face where'er I go I would alas it were not so For ever and for ever Perchance if we had never met I had been spared this mad regret This endless striving to forget For ever and for ever For chance it thou wert far away Did I not see thee day by day I might again be blithe and gay For ever and for ever Ah no, I could not bear the pain Of never seeing thee again I cling to thee with might and main For ever and for ever Ah leave me not, I love but thee Blessing or curse, whiche’er thou be Oh be as thou hast been to me For ever and for ever