He took them from me, one by one,
The things I set my heart upon;
They looked so harmless, fair, and blest;
Would they have hurt me? God knows best.
He loves me so, he would not wrest
Them from me if it were not best.
He took them from me, one by one,
The friends I set my heart upon.
O did they come, they and their love,
Between me and my Lord above?