Though dark the way, still sing and praise;

Some time, some time, we’ll understand.

We’ll catch the broken thread again,

And finish what we here began;

Heav’n will mysteries explain,

And then, ah, then, we’ll understand.

We’ll know why clouds instead of sun

Were over many a cherished plan;

Why song has ceased when scarce begun;

’Tis there, some time, we’ll understand.