The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book/The Rosary
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56—THE ROSARY
The hours I spent with thee, dear heart,Are as a string of pearls to me,I count them over, ev'ry one apart,My rosary, my rosary.
Each hour a pearl, each pearl a pray'rTo still a heart in absence wrung,I tell each bead unto the end,And there a cross is hung.
O memories that bless and burn,O barren gain and bitter loss,I kiss each bead, and strive at last to learnTo kiss the cross, Sweet-heart,To kiss the cross.