Light after darkness
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Light after darkness,Gain after loss,Strength after weariness,Crown after cross;Sweet after bitter,Song after sigh,Home after wandering,Praise after cry.
Chorus.
Now comes the weeping,Then the glad reaping;Now comes the labor hard,Then the reward.
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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.
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Near after distant,Gleam after gloom,Love after loneliness,Life after tomb;Dark though the pathwayLeading to this,After the agony,Rapture of bliss.