Two Ladies I

I had a heart that's beating But knew no words to speak. I saw the right time passing And let this gem to break. I lacked this manly courage To sell a precious stone That no one in the village Deserved but she alone. If I could ask a query, And Sol was there to shine, She'd make her mind so weary And send a storm to mine. Her answer, she said, is canned With an expiry date. I said to me to be warned To take a gift, not bait.