I Want to Die While You Love Me

I want to die while you love me,
      While yet you hold me fair,
While laughter lies upon my lips
      And lights are in my hair.

I want to die while you love me,
      And bear to that still bed,
Your kisses turbulent, unspent
      To warm me when I’m dead.

I want to die while you love me
      Oh, who would care to live
Till love has nothing more to ask
      And nothing more to give?

I want to die while you love me
      And never, never see
The glory of this perfect day
      Grow dim or cease to be!