Poems (Hoffman)/Song: Because I Love Her So
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SONG—BECAUSE I LOVE HER SO
Because I love her so
I wander through these leafy walks alone,
Drawn are the dewy draperies of Dusk,
A shower of fragrance by the wind is thrown,
The heart-throbs of a mighty surging throng
Beat in one breast and wreathe themselves in song,
A song of swords that clash, of foes that meet,
The right so bitter and the wrong so sweet.
I wander through these leafy walks alone,
Drawn are the dewy draperies of Dusk,
A shower of fragrance by the wind is thrown,
The heart-throbs of a mighty surging throng
Beat in one breast and wreathe themselves in song,
A song of swords that clash, of foes that meet,
The right so bitter and the wrong so sweet.
Chorus
Because I love her so
To win her scorn I go
And she will never know
It was because I loved her so.
Because I love her so
To win her scorn I go
And she will never know
It was because I loved her so.
For well, too well I know
That she will turn from me with strange alarm,
She will not see my duty or my love
That draws her back from present happiness
My love's fond arm of strong unselfishness,
Alas! I cannot hope that she will know
'Tis only just because I loved her so!
That she will turn from me with strange alarm,
She will not see my duty or my love
That draws her back from present happiness
My love's fond arm of strong unselfishness,
Alas! I cannot hope that she will know
'Tis only just because I loved her so!
Chorus
Because I love her so, etc.,
Because I love her so, etc.,
Because I love her so
How can I warn her of her danger near,
The danger that so like a blessing seems
And oh, her love is dear!
Dearer than you can guess,
But 1s it dearer than her happiness?
My heart beats fast, my laggard feet move slow
Because I love her so.
How can I warn her of her danger near,
The danger that so like a blessing seems
And oh, her love is dear!
Dearer than you can guess,
But 1s it dearer than her happiness?
My heart beats fast, my laggard feet move slow
Because I love her so.
Chorus
Because I love her so, etc.,
Because I love her so, etc.,
Because I love her so
A broader love than narrow selfishness,
A higher and a deeper love I see,
Her love for me, her present happiness
Weigh these against her life's abiding good,
The welfare of her high sweet womanhood
Outweighs them both; with beating heart I go
To win her hate because I love her so.
A broader love than narrow selfishness,
A higher and a deeper love I see,
Her love for me, her present happiness
Weigh these against her life's abiding good,
The welfare of her high sweet womanhood
Outweighs them both; with beating heart I go
To win her hate because I love her so.
Chorus
Because I love her so, etc.,
Because I love her so, etc.,
Perhaps sometime, somewhere,
I shall see how I have been brave and strong,
I, who so strangely weak and faltering seem,
And sweet shall be the song
Of Love's sweet sacrifice, of Love's return
When from the records angels keep we learn—
To have been true and self-forgetful proved
Was better and sweeter than to have been loved.
I shall see how I have been brave and strong,
I, who so strangely weak and faltering seem,
And sweet shall be the song
Of Love's sweet sacrifice, of Love's return
When from the records angels keep we learn—
To have been true and self-forgetful proved
Was better and sweeter than to have been loved.
Chorus
Because I love her so, etc.,
Because I love her so, etc.,