to a melody in the "Chrysanthemum Rag" of Scott Joplin
1
never blush to dreama lost loveslides into your bed again
there's no treasonthough the blood stirswhen a stranger speaks his name
each lover keeps the homehe made within your mindand has a keyto lie with you unbiddenso long as you are holdinggentle thoughts of him
2
never feel a guiltto hear mewhisper still within the night
old loves lurk in eyesthat brightento the new enchanter's sight
i too must rise from warmthto drift with other ghostsfrom worldly viewyet i'll come into your bedsome night againand dream myself alive in you
