O Love 'Tis of Thee I Am Dying lyrics

O love 'tis of thee I am dying

Like a leaf wind blown from the tree

Like the leaf on the air

In the cold winter wind

I long, yes I long to be free

I long, yes I long to be free

O love 'tis for thee I am dying

And scarcely one moment will fly

When I have not a thought

Or a vision of thee

Or a tear gently slip from my eye

Or a tear gently slip from my eye

Love it is for thee I am crying

Tears clear and sparkling so fine, so fine

They're as fine as the spray

On the wild rolling sea

And I cry for the days you were mine

I cry for the days you were mine

O love 'tis from thee I am flying

Like the wild fox he flees from the hound

If I turn not my back

I shall sink in my tracks

And die like a fox on the ground

And die like a fox on the ground

O love it is for thee I am dying

And my thoughts return always to thee

I must rid from my mind

How it was and how we were

And I long, how I long to be free

And I long, how I long to be free