If thou wert blind

If thou wert blind,

I would give my sight,

Lest thy darkness should set me far from thee.

If thou wert dumb,

I would still my voice,

That my silence might draw me nearer thee.

If thou wert scorned,

I would kill my pride,

And, humbled and outcast, would live with thee.

If thou wert old,

I would yield my youth,

That thy years might sever me not from thee.

If thou wert dead,

I would give my life,

In the hope - the hope - I might pass to thee.