Let Us Love One Another

Let us love one ano­ther

Not long may we stay

In this brief world of mourn­ing

So brief is life’s day;

Some fade ere ’tis noon

And few lin­ger till eve;

O

there breaks not a heart

But leaves some­one to grieve.

And the fond­est

the pur­est

The tru­est that met

Ever still found the need

To for­give and for­get;

Then O

tho’ the hopes

That we nour­ished de­cay

Let us love one ano­ther

As long as we may.

Thus we’ll love one ano­ther

’Midst sor­row the worst

Unaltered and fond

As we loved at the first;

Tho’ the false wing of plea­sure

May change and for­sake

And the bright urn of wealth

Into par­ti­cles break.

There are some sweet af­fect­ions

That earth can­not buy

That cling but the clos­er

When sor­row draws nigh

And re­main with us yet

Though all else pass away—

Yes

we’ll love one ano­ther

As long as we stay.