An Idyll of to-day Lyrics

If every tear of mine were gold

And every sigh a tear

Wouldst thou not then with kisses bold

Entrap them falling clear?

If at each word I spoke of love

Pearls rained from out the air

How pleasant would to thee then prove

To hear me speak for e'er!

If at each look of love I cast

A cheque were signed and made

If each tear's ending were the last

Touch of received and paid

If each soft glance were a banknote

And the same every sigh

Wouldst thou not have me learn by rote

Love's shows of misery?

If every tear of mine were gold

And every sigh a tear

Wouldst thou not then with kisses bold

Entrap them falling clear?

If at each word I spoke of love

Pearls rained from out the air

How pleasant would to thee then prove

To hear me speak for e'er!

What can we do? What are we both

But beings of our time?

Gold is the meat of living's broth

The vowel of the rhyme

Even a token sad and old

A certain price will woo

Our love would but be true as gold

If we were gold all through

If every tear of mine were gold

And every sigh a tear

Wouldst thou not then with kisses bold

Entrap them falling clear?

If at each word I spoke of love

Pearls rained from out the air

How pleasant would to thee then prove

To hear me speak for e'er!

Then prove

To hear me speak for e'er!

What can we do? What are we both

But beings of our time?

Gold is the meat of living's broth

The vowel of the rhyme

Even a token sad and old

A certain price will woo

Our love would but be true as gold

If we were gold all through

Our love would but be true as gold

If we were gold all through.