1. God knows I did not leave Him
When affection turned to estrangement

2. I am not to blame save loving Him
When He called me unto passion, I obeyed

3. Our loved ones, my life I spent with you
When will I be repaid some I have spent?

4. To whom shall I wander in love but you
While my heart in your meadows I left

5. Shall I, after you, love true?
Nay, too short is life for my hopes

6. By his life the greatest of glories
He knows the truth of what I have said

7. If He blames me, I am not to blame
Nor if He tries me, I have not tried Him

8. I will be patient with His changing tide
With the patience of nobles, though great His disdain

9. Till He softens the hardness of His heart
And patience brings me what I wish