Its blest assurance, in the stars of night;—

The ever-dawning of the dark to light;—

The tears down-falling from all eyes that grieve—

The eyes uplifting from all deeps of grief,

Yearning for what at last we shall receive....

Lord, I believe:

Help Thou mine unbelief.

We must believe—

For still all unappeased our hunger goes,

From life's first waking, to its last repose: