I Didn't Know He Had His Way

Music: The Huron Carol (Jesous Ahatonhia). Sequenced by Barry Taylor.

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I didn't know he had his way. I only knew he stopped for tea And found within a fair young maid Whom later he would marry. I didn't know -- perhaps I should. All I knew was what was said: That at first sight they fell in love For half a century. I didn't know that time would prove A sea in which events would move Like dreams slow-motion with the tide, Drowned in morning's mercy. But nearing death her undead need Broke open like a sun-kissed seed, And then I knew what choice she had Endured for love of me.