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 By
Robert Cameron Rogers And Ethelbert Nevin