O let the solid ground

Not fail beneath my feet

Before my life has found

What some have found so sweet!

Then let come what come may

What matter if I go mad

I shall have had my day

Let the sweet heav’ns endure

Not close and darken above me

Before I am quite quite sure

That there is one to love me!

Then let come what come may

To a life that has been so sad

I shall have had my day