Do no cheat thy Heart and tell her, ‘Grief will pass away.’

Do not look at life’s long sorrow; see how small each moment’s pain.

Hours are golden links, God's token

Be strong to hope, O Heart!

Half my life is full of sorrow,

Kinds hearts are here; yet would the tenderest one

One by one bright gifts from heaven

One by one the sands are flowing,

No star is ever lost we once have seen, we always may be what we might have been.

We always may be what we might have been.