I Love Her Well

I LOVE her well, day after day
I tell the old words over,
They ring no change from grave to gay,
It is enough, I love her!

I love her well—nay never ask
The reason why I do so,
Ask flowers that in the sunshine bask
The reason why they grew so.

They’ll tell you heaven saw the need,
And so, on earth’s brown bosom
The angels scattered out the seed,
The sunbeams kissed to blossom.

I love her well, day after day
I tell the old words over,
They ring no change from grave to gay,
It is enough—I love her!