The Carter Family - The Spirit of Love Watches Over Me lyrics

[Verse] 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 Her 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