Why + 

The verdure sleeps in winter, + 

Awakes with April rain, + 

The sun swings low⁠—’tis night⁠—ascends, + 

And lo! ’tis morn again: + 

The world spins on triumphant + 

Across a trackless sky, + 

And man seeks evermore in vain + 

The primal reason why. + 

O whither are we rushing? + 

And wherefrom were we torn? + 

We breathe from out the silences, + 

And breathless, back are borne. + 

Deep in the soul are voices + 

Returning this reply: + 

It took a God to make us, + 

Only God can answer why! + 