They will not stay together always - she's dying. "And there in breaths she'll take not often / There her heart troubles suddenly soften" - I think he's being literal there, she's actually leaving, dying soon, or has done. "Sorrow came in floods this April / With our reason humble warning" - a warning of something horrible to come, limited time, is their reason for sorrow. She's leaving the world, soon.
He doesn't want her to leave - "Don't leave my love, don't leave my side." But he will "endure the driest season," and always remember her. And even though she's not with him now, he'll always find her in his dreams and memories, and his love will always shine brightly.
Such a sad, haunting song, that gets that feeling of this story both before and after it happens perfectly - the anticipation and sorrow, the strong memories still persisting, and the sentiment of the power of the human spirit to endure even the most damaging events, like a wild oak endures a fire. Amazing song.
They will not stay together always - she's dying. "And there in breaths she'll take not often / There her heart troubles suddenly soften" - I think he's being literal there, she's actually leaving, dying soon, or has done. "Sorrow came in floods this April / With our reason humble warning" - a warning of something horrible to come, limited time, is their reason for sorrow. She's leaving the world, soon.
He doesn't want her to leave - "Don't leave my love, don't leave my side." But he will "endure the driest season," and always remember her. And even though she's not with him now, he'll always find her in his dreams and memories, and his love will always shine brightly.
Such a sad, haunting song, that gets that feeling of this story both before and after it happens perfectly - the anticipation and sorrow, the strong memories still persisting, and the sentiment of the power of the human spirit to endure even the most damaging events, like a wild oak endures a fire. Amazing song.