If I had known

If I had known, beloved, If I had known,

Read in your eyes the tenderness that shone,

Life held the beauty of a rose full-blown,

If I had known, beloved, If I had known!

If I had known, beloved, If I had known,

to reap the harvest where true love had sown.

Life would hold more than mem'ries alone.

If I had known, ah! beloved, If I had known!