Für Lily (For Lily)

Portrait of Lily Elsie (1886–1962), an English actress and singer during the Edwardian era. She was best known for her starring role in the London premiere of Franz Lehár’s operetta The Merry Widow.

’tis my heart desires
charms and wits out of her rosy lips
’tis my heart desires
the porcelain-like heiress

O,
’tis my heart she lusts
and every pain that bursts
into stardusts
O,
’tis my heart she lusts
thus our souls shall become one at last

Dear Lily,
please let this head rest
against thee chest

Dear Lily,
’tis thy love I caress.

-May, 2020