It’s not that I love you less
Than when with you I lay;
But to prevent the sad increase
Of hopeless love, I keep away,
In vain-for everything,
Once touched by you,
Your form does to my fancy bring,
And then my wounds do bleed anew.
It’s not that I love you less
Than when with you I lay;
But to prevent the sad increase
Of hopeless love, I keep away,
In vain-for everything,
Once touched by you,
Your form does to my fancy bring,
And then my wounds do bleed anew.