Seven Long Years

Seven long years have gone by,

Scattered on the wind,

Fortunes made and squandered,

Ardour's beacon growing dim.

Seven long years have now past

Neither glimpse nor word

Of the jewel that vanished

Though the case lay undisturbed.

Seven long years have I spent

Trying to forget,

But no man can banish

Heaven he has sought and met.

Through the trials and the tears

Still I cannot learn,

Ever hopeless dreaming

Perhaps some day you will return.