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IF 'TIS LOVE TO WISH YOU NEAR, by                     Poet's Biography
Last Line: If this be loving—then I love.
Alternate Author Name(s): Dibdin, Charles Isaac Mungo; Dibdin, Charles, Jr.
Subject(s): Love - Marital; Wedded Love; Marriage - Love


IF 'tis love to wish you near,
To tremble when the wind I hear,
Because at sea you floating rove;
If of you to dream at night,
To languish when you're out of sight,
If this be loving—then I love.

If when you're gone, to count each hour,
To ask of the all-ruling Power,
That you may kind and faithful prove;
If void of falsehood and deceit,
I feel a pleasure now we meet,
If this be loving—then I love.

To wish your fortune to partake,
Determined never to forsake,
Though low in poverty we strove;
If, so that me your wife you'd call,
I offer you my little all,
If this be loving—then I love.





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