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....If you are ever going to love,
Love me now while I can know
The sweet and tender feelings
Which from true affection flow.
Love me now while I am living
Do not wait until I am gone
And then have it chiseled in marble
Sweet words on ice-cold stone.
If you have tender thuoghts of me,
Please tell me now,
If you wait until I am sleeping,
Never to awaken,
There will be death between us,
And I won't hear you then,
So if you love me, even a little bit,
Let me know it while I am living
So I can treasure it.