[LE ROI S'AMUSE, Act II] br br br My child! oh, only blessing Heaven allows me! br Others have parents, brothers, kinsmen, friends, br A wife, a husband, vassals, followers, br Ancestors, and allies, or many children. br I have but thee, thee only. Some are rich; br Thou art my treasure, thou art all my riches. br And some believe in angels; I believe br In nothing but thy soul. Others have youth, br And woman's love, and pride, and grace, and health; br Others are beautiful; thou art my beauty, br Thou art my home, my country and my kin, br My wife, my mother, sister, friend--my child! br My bliss, my wealth, my worship, and my law, br My Universe! Oh, by all other things br My soul is tortured. If I should ever lose thee-- br Horrible thought! I cannot utter it. br Smile, for thy smile is like thy mother's smiling. br She, too, was fair; you have a trick like her, br Of passing oft your hand athwart your brow br As though to clear it. Innocence still loves br A brow unclouded and an azure eye. br To me thou seem'st clothed in a holy halo, br My soul beholds thy soul through thy fair body; br E'en when my eyes are shut, I see thee still; br Thou art my daylight, and sometimes I wish br That Heaven had made me blind that thou might'st be br The sun that lighted up the world for me.