Hymn for a Sick Girl + 

Father, in the dark I lay, + 

Thirsting for the light, + 

Helpless, but for hope alway + 

In thy father-might. + 

Out of darkness came the morn, + 

Out of death came life, + 

I, and faith, and hope, new-born, + 

Out of moaning strife! + 

So, one morning yet more fair, + 

I shall, joyous-brave, + 

Sudden breathing loftier air, + 

Triumph o’er the grave. + 

Though this feeble body lie + 

Underneath the ground, + 

Wide awake, not sleeping, I + 

Shall in him be found. + 

But a morn yet fairer must + 

Quell this inner gloom⁠— + 

Resurrection from the dust + 

Of a deeper tomb! + 

Father, wake thy little child; + 

Give me bread and wine + 

Till my spirit undefiled + 

Rise and live in thine. + 