Let Me Believe

                (Song)

Let me believe it, dearest,
           Let it be
As just a dream—the merest—
           Haunting me,
That a frank full-souled sweetness
           Warmed your smile
And voice, to indiscreetness
           Once, awhile!

And I will fondly ponder
           Till I lie
Earthed up with others yonder
           Past a sigh,
That you may name at stray times
           With regret
One whom through green and gray times
           You forget!