Oh Dearest Love lyrics

Oh dearest love,

Thy taste is bitterness to me

Thy touch pains me

Thy thought distresses me

Not always were it so

So much I once had, and wished it more

My heart sang as if a bird on a spring day

Everyday was the freshest life

But alas it's gone away

Now in my strewn ruins

Ebbing life from mortal wounds

With a last bit of strength

I reach up hoping some tender hand will take hold

To pull me from my debris and death

To rebuild and repair

Creating a love more strong than the old

A love so easy and wonderful

Yet my hand still beckons

With the greatest hope I whisper

Oh dearest love