DARLING, would you be sorry

If you knew that I were dead?

Who loved you above all things,

Though never word I said.

Did you know dear, that I loved you?

One day your look was kind,

And one day—oh, so sad, love!

Were I dead, dear, would you mind?

Eyes! that I dared not look to,

Lips! that I dared not touch—

Would you pray for me a little,

Who prayed for you so much?

If passing to my grave, dear,

On some sad All Souls day—

Oh! where your tears had fallen,

Violets would bloom alway.