For Ever and For Ever - Francesco Paolo Tosti

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