The Rosary Lyrics

The hours I′ve spent with thee, dear heart
Are as a string of pearls to me
I count them over, every one apart
My rosary, my rosary

Each are 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, sweetheart, to kiss the cross