Charles Hubert Hastings Parry - Since thou, O fondest - текст песни (слова)

Since thou, O fondest and truest, 
hast loved me best and longest, 
And now with trust the strongest 
the joy of my heart renewest; 
Since thou art deared and dearer 
while other hearts grow colder, 
And ever, as love is older, 
more lovingly drawest nearer. 
Since now I see in the measure 
of all my giving and taking, 
Thou wert my hand in the making, 
the sense and the soul of my pleasure; 
The good I have repaid thee, 
in heav'n I pray be recorded, 
And all thy love rewarded, 
by God, thy master that made thee.