Optimism + 

There’s a love supreme in the great hereafter, + 

The buds of earth are blooms in heaven; + 

The smiles of the world are ripples of laughter + 

When back to its Aidenn the soul is given: + 

And the tears of the world, though long in flowing, + 

Water the fields of the by-and-by; + 

They fall as dews on the sweet grass growing + 

When the fountains of sorrow and grief run dry. + 

Though clouds hang over the furrows now sowing + 

There’s a harvest sun-wreath in the After-sky! + 

No love is wasted, no heart beats vainly, + 

There’s a vast perfection beyond the grave; + 

Up the bays of heaven the stars shine plainly, + 

The stars lying dim on the brow of the wave. + 

And the lights of our loves, though they flicker and wane, they + 

Shall shine all undimmed in the ether-nave. + 

For the altars of God are lit with souls + 

Fanned to flaming with love where the star-wind rolls. + 