"Thoughts, Wishes & Sonnets" 7 expressions of fatuos expectations Exclusively for "Alexander the Great" Paintings by Alphonse Maria Mucha

If to you my heart I could not trust,    I should rather place it in His hands; Without whose will a wounded heart can mend,    Or a lost and searching soul can be found. If there be anyone can take your place,    And make me happy tho' I ache; Let him come,    And take me away from this weary land. If there be anyone who'll take me as I am,    Let him come, Before I go away into the silent ground.    If only true affection was felt, not alone compassion; Then I would still be in a dream    Where you and I are eternally living as one. Surely to love is sweet;    Sweeter than the sweetest wine. Tho' mine can be thine,    Yours cannot be mine. This love, to you was laid bare    With no true response. And hopeless I may seem,    Yet heaven's not too far. Yea, my hope hangs,    But soon it will wane If someone will not come and rescue this heart o'mine.