What the Lord Saith + 

Trust my father, saith the eldest-born; + 

I did trust him ere the earth began; + 

Not to know him is to be forlorn; + 

Not to love him is⁠—not to be man. + 

He that knows him loves him altogether; + 

With my father I am so content + 

That through all this dreary human weather + 

I am working, waiting, confident. + 

He is with me; I am not alone; + 

Life is bliss, because I am his child; + 

Down in Hades will I lay the stone + 

Whence shall rise to Heaven his city piled. + 

Hearken, brothers, pray you, to my story! + 

Hear me, sister; hearken, child, to me: + 

Our one father is a perfect glory; + 

He is light, and there is none but he. + 

Come then with me; I will lead the way; + 

All of you, sore-hearted, heavy-shod, + 

Come to father, yours and mine, I pray; + 

Little ones, I pray you, come to God! + 