"If you are ever going to love me
Love me now while I can know
The sweet and tender feelings
Which from true affection flow.
Love me now, while I am living.
Do not wait till I'm gone
Then have it chiseled in marble
Sweet words on ice-cold stone.

If you have tender thoughts of me
Please tell me now
If you wait until I am sleeping
Never to awaken
There will be death between us
And I won't hear you then.
So, if you love me, even a little bit,
Let me know it while I am living
So that I can treasure it."
- Unknown author