Sunday, July 12, 2009

The Rosary




The hours I spent with Thee, Dear Heart!
Or, as a string of pearls to Thee,
I count them over, every one apart,
My rosary, my rosary . . .

Each hour a pearl, each pearl a prayer,
To 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 learn,
To kiss the cross, Sweet Heart,
To kiss the cross . . .

I kiss each bead and strive at last to learn,
To kiss the cross, Sweet Heart,
To kiss the cross . . . ( to kiss the cross )

Words and Music (era 1800's)
by Robert Cameron Rogers and Ethelbert Nevin

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

WOW That is beautiful. It presents an additional way to look at the rosary. I wonder what the music would have sounded like to accompany this. Thanks for posting this.
Elizabeth

paramedicgirl said...

Elizabeth, Perry Como has recorded this song, but I can`t find it anywhere on the web.