Once again I'm sailing alone at dusk, No companion to help rig the mast; So much pain accrued in my solitude, The lonely hour approaches fast
Gathering clouds conceal the moon's bright glow, Now I know all too well what this means, The dark shadows fall, then I hear the call ...... The Court of Loneliness convenes
I see the stars lighting the firmament, Yet, where I dwell, all is bleak and dour; With my heartstrings torn, and my life forlorn, No beacon lights my lonely hour
Was ever a chain of woe forged so strong ..... How did loneliness acquire such power? The clock chimes, but how strange - time does not change, Once again it's the lonely hour
I'm lost in a forest of broken dreams, Searching for Love's enchanted bower; Then, in the distance, with dark persistence, A bell tolls the lonely hour
Is there no escape, no place I can hide! Why do bells toll from every tower? How can I forget what comes at sunset ...... The torment of the lonely hour!