Could I But Hold My Breath
Could I but hold my breath... and be
At ease within your company
And so to let the hours fly
Unmindful of a sad good-by.
It cannot be,
It cannot be.
You cannot breathe a single word
But I behold a verse.
You must not show the least regard
Or Love I intersperse.
For if you give a precious hour
But for the more I thirst.
And if you share a single kiss...
I have the universe!
