Ours is a Love that shall transcend all time,

A love of loves that men gave all to know—

Though romance smiles, so sweet and seeming  kind,

Oft charts a course of hardship for the soul.

I have been blessed, the grandest hope to live,

That men of yore have given life to hold—

And even now the noblest seek and strive…

For chivalry defines that path of gold.

As life commands we search for evermore

And boldest minds for truest worth contend;

The finest raiments beauty ever wore

Still hang a tattered nightdress in the end.

The silken robes of beauty’s fairest day

Fade thread-bare rags for Time to strip away.