I love a flower
Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir
I love a flower, if 'tis requited, I know not,
that gives me pain.
I look into all flower-blooms
and seek a heart.
Flowers are fragrant in the evening-light;
the nightingale sings,
I search for a heart, as beautiful as mine,
that moves as beautifully.
The nightingale sings, and I understand
the sweet song:
we're both so anxious and sad,
so sad and anxious.