Light after darkness, gain after loss, Strength after weakness, crown after cross; Sweet after bitter, hope after fears, Home after wandering, praise after tears.
Refrain: Now comes the weeping, then the glad reaping; Now comes the labor hard, then the reward.
Sheaves after sowing, sun after rain, Sight after mystery, peace after pain; Joy after sorrow, calm after blast, Rest after weariness, sweet rest at last.
Near after distant, gleam after gloom, Love after loneliness, life after tomb; After long agony rapture of bliss— Right was the pathway leading to this.