The Lily and the Thorn

Was I transfixed before those eyes which gleam
Into my soul? Like Cupid with his dart,
You aim arrows of love into my dreams
That long for you to heal this bitter heart.
Oh you, like white lilies amongst a thorn
That longs to pierce the world with its despair;
So elegant, with beauty you adorn
My eyes and make life easier to bear.
Oh I admit, so charmed am I by you
Who fills my dreams with hopes to carry on
In such a world where there are only few
Who make their heart a place where I belong.
With all my heart, once filled with bitterness,
How great I love whom cured my loneliness!