And through the darkness into light we soar Evolving day from night for evermore Say then, these heroic tears - These griefs endured through months and years Obscured awhile, to be revealed once more Blindness, dearer far than others' sight Sweeter grief than earth's most sweet delight For you have led the erring soul - By gradual steps to this fair goal And through the darkness soar into the light But in his hands the wheel of fate - Turns, now depressed and now elate