| Augustin S. Macdonald, comp. A Collection of Verse by California Poets. 1914. | | | | Lyric | | By Howard V. Sutherland |
| | | O SWEET my loved one, hear my prayer, | |
| Be thou mine own and love me! | |
| So dear art thou, so proud, so fair— | |
| Alas, so far above me. | |
| Yet thou, perchance, dear heart, wilt deign | 5 |
| To soothe a heart long steeped in pain, | |
| For pity is a maiden’s gain— | |
| O sweet my loved one, hear! | |
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| So oft I’ve prayed, my heart is sore. | |
| When far from thee I sorrow, | 10 |
| And yet, alas, it pains me more | |
| To meet thee on the morrow. | |
| Ah, would that I were fondly pressed | |
| Against thy true, all sacred breast, | |
| Then, then, ah then, might I find rest— | 15 |
| O sweet my loved one, hear! | | | | |
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