We Love but Few

 [ Intro]  [ Verse 1]
OH, yes, we mean all kindwords that we say
To old friends and to new;
Yet doth this truth growclearer day by day:
We love but few. W
e love! we love! What easywords to say, An
d sweet to hear, Wh
en sunrise splendorbrightens all the way, And
, far and near, 

[Chorus]
The world is wide, and manyfriends are dear, And
 friendships true;
Yet do these words readplainer, year by year: We l
ove but few.
The world is wide, and manyfriends are dear, And f
riendships true;
Yet do these words readplainer, year by year: We lov
e but few. 

[ Verse 2]
Are breath of flowers andcarolling of birds,
And bells that chime; Our h
earts are light: we donot weigh our words At mor
ning time! But wh
en the matin music allis hushed, And life’s great load Doth we
igh us down, and thickwith dust Doth grow the road, 

[ Chorus]
The world is wide, and manyfriends are dear, And frie
ndships true;
Yet do these words readplainer, year by year:
We love but few.
The world is wide, and manyfriends are dear,
And friendships true;
Yet do these words readplainer, year by year:
We love but few.

[Bridge]

[ Verse 3]
Then do we say less often thatwe love.
The words have grown!
With pleading eyes we look to Christ above,
And clasp our own.
Their lives are bound to oursby mighty bands
No mortal strait,
Nor Death himself, with hisprevailing hands,
Can separate.

  [ Chorus]
The world is wide, and manyfriends are dear,
And friendships true;
Yet do these words readplainer, year by year:
We love but few.
The world is wide, and manyfriends are dear,
And friendships true;
Yet do these words readplainer, year by year:
We love but few.

 [ Solo] [ Outro ]