Tears from our eyes
Start out suddenly
Until wiped away
By the gentle whisper
Of three words only.

And how should we stifle
Grief and jealousy
That would jerk us apart
Were it not for an oracle
Of three words only?

Three words only,
Full seven years waiting
With prolonged cruelty
Night by night endured
For three words only.

Sweetheart, I love you
Here in the world’s eye
And always shall do
With a perfect faith
In three words only.

Let us boast ourselves
Still to be poets
Whose power and whose faith
Hang at this tall altar
Of three words only.