"No One to Love" (1863)
Ballad.
Words adapted by A. H. G. Richardson
Music arranged by William B. Harvey
and C[ornelius]. Everest [1820-1885+]

1.
No one to love, none to caress,
Roaming alone through this world's wilderness,
Sad is my heart, joy is unknown,
For in my sorrow I'm weeping alone;
No gentle voice, no tender smile,
Makes me rejoice, or cares bequile.

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No one to love, none to caress,
Roaming alone through this world's wilderness,
Sad is my heart, joy is unknown,
For in my sorrow I'm weeping a lone;


2.
In dreams alone, loved ones I see,
And well-known voices then whisper to me;
Sighing I wake, waking I weep;
Soon with the loved and the lost I shall sleep.
Oh, blissful rest! what heart would stay,
Unloved, unbless'd, from heaven away?

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3.
No one to love, none to caress,
None to respond to this heart's tenderness!
Trusting I wait; God in his love
Promises rest in his mansions above;
Oh! bliss in store, oh, joy mine own,
There nevermore to weep alone!

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