I look behind, I look before,

The happy vision is no more!

But in its room a darker shade

Than eye hath pierced, or darkness made;

I cannot turn, yet do not know,

What I would, or whither go;

But I have heard, to heart of sin,

A small voice whispering within,

'Tis all I know, and all I trust,—

'That man is weak, but God is just.'