Regret 歌词

I would that I were again a child And a child you sweet and pure That we might be free and wild In our consciousness obscure That we might play fantastic games Under trees silent and shady That we might have fairy-book names I be a lord, you a lady And all were a strong ignorance And a healthy want of thought And many a prank, many a dance Our unresting feet had wrought And I would act well a clown’s part To your childish laughter winning And I would call you my sweetheart And the name would have no meaning Or sitting close we each other would move With tales that now gone are sad We would have no sex, would feel no love Good without fighting the bad And a flower would be our life’s delight And a nutshell boat our treasure We would lock it in a cupboard at night As in memory a pleasure And all were a strong ignorance And a healthy want of thought And many a prank, many a dance Our unresting feet had wrought And I would act well a clown’s part To your childish laughter winning And I would call you my sweetheart And the name would have no meaning