Appeal + 

If in my arms I bore my child, + 

Would he cry out for fear + 

Because the night was dark and wild + 

And no one else was near? + 

Shall I then treat thee, Father, as + 

My fatherhood would grieve? + 

I will be hopeful, though, alas, + 

I cannot quite believe! + 

I had no power, no wish to be: + 

Thou madest me half blind! + 

The darkness comes! I cling to thee! + 

Be thou my perfect mind. + 