If I But Knew

If I but knew

What you think of me

When your eyes of blue

Gaze constantly

Into my own, if I but knew

Then life would take a brighter hue,

If I but knew.

If I but knew

What your heart beats say

When my own throbs so

From day to day,

If I but knew you loved me too,

I’d give the world and all for you

If I but knew.

If I but knew,

     But I do not know;

And I never will

     Till you tell me so.

Alas! It may be I would rue

The knowledge I would wring from you

     If I but knew.

Dec. 5, 1911