Seven Long Years

Seven long years have gone by
Scattered on the wind
Fortunes made and squandered
Ardour's beacon growing dim

Seven long years have now past
Neither glimpse nor word
Of the jewel that vanished
Though the case lay undisturbed

Seven long years have I spent
Trying to forget
But no man can banish
Heaven he has sought and met

Through the trials and the tears
Still I cannot learn
Ever hopeless dreaming
Perhaps some day you will return