Love Poem: Unsigned 1912 Piece

Title: Love Poem: Unsigned 1912 Piece
Accession Number: 2026.11.1
Accession Date: 29 January 2026
Accession Creator: Adrienne Fuehrer
Description: This unsigned love poem was came from the estate of Freddie Andrea. The piece was typed, not handwritten.
Date: 16 April 1912
Format: paper
Text: "Love me now"
If you are ever going to love me,
Love me now, while I can know,
All the sweet and tender feelings;
W ich from real allections flow
2
Love me now while I am living,
Dont wait untill I am gone,
And then chisel in marble,
Warm love words on Ice cold stone
3
If you have dear sweet thoughts about me,
Why not whisper them to me?
Dont you know twould make me happy,
And as glad as glad can be?
4
If you wait untill I am sleeping,
Ne,er to wake here again,
There !ll be walls of earth between us,
And I cant hear you then.
5
If you knew some one wes thirsting,
For a drop of water sweet,
Would you be slow to bring it?
Would you step with laggard feet?
6
There are tender hearts all around us ,
Who are thirsting for our love;
WHY with-hold from themwhat nature ,
Ma kes them crave all else above?
7
I wont need your kind caresses,
When the grass grows o !er my face,
I wont crave your love , or kisses;
In my last low resting place.
8
So then if you love me any,
If it is but a little bit,
Let me know it now while I am living,
I can own and treasure it.

Written April 16 , 1912
Relation: 2026.11.n Finding Aid

2026.11.n Finding Aid