Richard Hovey - Squab Flights lyrics

"LOVE is eternal," sang I long ago Of some light love that lasted for a day; But when the fleeting fancy pa**ed away, And other loves, that following made as though They were the very d**hless, lost the glow Youth mimics the divine with, and grew gray, I said, "It is a dream: no love will stay." Angels have taught me wisdom. Now I know, Though lesser loves and greater loves may cease, Love still endures, knocking at myriad gates That lead to God--stars, winds and waters, birds, Beasts, flowers and men--speaking its sweetest words At woman's portal, till it finds its peace In the abyss where Godhead loves and waits.