The Spirit Of Love Watches Over - The Carter Family

Thou art gone from my gaze like a beautiful dream

And I seek there in vain by the meadow and stream

Oft I breathe out your name to the winds floating by

But the sweet voice is mute to my cry

In the stillness of night when the stars mightily shine

My heart fondly holds a communion with thine

For I feel thou art near and where e’er I may be

That the spirit of love watches me

Oft the birds in the bower now companion I make

Every simple wildflower I prize for the sake

Deep woods and dark clouds can now pleasure impart

For the solitude suits my poor heart

Thou art gone from my gaze, yet I will not repine

E’er long we shall meet in a home that is thine

For I feel thou art near and where e’er I may be

That the spirit of love watches me