Robert Silliman Hillyer - "I love devoutly; thou shalt seek for long" lyrics

I love devoutly; thou shalt seek for long Ere thou receive another offering Such as these pa**ionate tributes that I bring With all the deep submission of the strong. I would that all my chants of thee could ring Through the great sorrows of the nameless throng, And that thy beauty echoing in my song Could wake the weary city into spring. Since thou hast changed my life, and in my heart Hast deep implanted this new love of life, Perchance these phantoms of thee will impart Beauty and courage to a world at strife. And yet I tarry long, in fear to share With common men a song of one so fair.