Bitter-Sweet + 

Just to give up, and trust + 

All to a Fate unknown, + 

Plodding along life’s road in the dust, + 

Bounded by walls of stone; + 

Never to have a heart at peace; + 

Never to see when care will cease; + 

Just to be still when sorrows fall⁠— + 

This is the bitterest lesson of all. + 

Just to give up, and rest + 

All on a Love secure, + 

Out of a world that’s hard at the best, + 

Looking to heaven as sure; + 

Ever to hope, through cloud and fear, + 

In darkest night, that the dawn is near; + 

Just to wait at the Master’s feet⁠— + 

Surely, now, the bitter is sweet. + 