Lyrics:
Take back the heart that thou gavest,
What is my anguish to thee?
Take back the freedom thou cravest
Leaving the fetters to me.
Take back the vows thou hast spoken,
Fling them aside and be free;
Smile o'er each pitiful token
Leaving the sorrow for me.
Drink deep of life's fond illusion,
Gaze on the storm cloud and flee
Swiftly thro' strife and confusion
Leaving the burden to me.
Then when at last overtaken,
Time flings its fetters o'er thee;
Come with a trust still unshaken,
Come back captive to me;
Come back in sadness or sorrow
Once more my darling to be;
Come as of old, love to borrow
Glimpses of sunlight from me.
Love shall resume her dominion,
Striving no more to be free,
When on her world weary pinion
Flies back my lost love to me.
