If I but Knew - Leigh

If i but knew what the tree-tops say,   Whispering secrets night and day, I ’d make a song, my love, for you,   If I but knew—if I but knew. If I but knew how the lilies brew   Nectar rare from a drop of dew, A crystal glass I ’d fill for you,   If I but knew—if I but knew. Love, if I knew but one tender word,   Sweet as the note of a wooing bird, I ’d tell my ardent love to you,   If I but knew—if I but knew.