Show i m i j i ii 1 j il 1 REASON AND LOVE Love promised countless pretty things While Reason shook his head Love promised coaches diamond rings Silk covers for the bed Love promised kisses night and day Thus Thus' love by loves love's deceived The maiden gave her heart awa away Believing and believed Now sh she had Prom promised sed neer ne'er to sigh And neer ne'er a frown No tear should ever dim her eye No dreams c come me tumbling down Though Reason often whispered low lowThe lowThe The souls of all are grieved Their love should never meet a blow Both he and she believed Were Vere love alone to rule the world orld Disaster would ensue When pretty lips in rage are curled Love knows knovs not what to do When broken promises are cast castIn castIn In ruins roundabout Reason must hold the fortress fast tast Or love is put to rout rou Love is the angel of the hearth Reason the warrior bold Love dreams of endless peace and mirth And withers neath the cold But Reason stands to every blast Of Ot sorrow and anel dismay And when the bitter storm has passed It laughs the tears awa away Copyright 1926 Edgar A. A Guest Ii i f |