Reliance + 

Not to the swift, the race: + 

Not to the strong, the fight: + 

Not to the righteous, perfect grace + 

Not to the wise, the light. + 

But often faltering feet + 

Come surest to the goal; + 

And they who walk in darkness meet + 

The sunrise of the soul. + 

A thousand times by night + 

The Syrian hosts have died; + 

A thousand times the vanquished right + 

Hath risen, glorified. + 

The truth the wise men sought + 

Was spoken by a child; + 

The alabaster box was brought + 

In trembling hands defiled. + 

Not from my torch, the gleam, + 

But from the stars above: + 

Not from my heart, life’s crystal stream, + 

But from the depths of Love. + 