Cântăre Crown after cross

1. Light after darkness, gain after loss,

Strength after weakness, crown after cross;

Sweet after bitter, hope after fears,

Home after wandering, praise after tears.



R: Now comes the weeping, then the glad reaping;

Now comes the labor hard, then the reward.



2. 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.



3. Near after distant, gleam after gloom,

Love after loneliness, life after tomb;

After long agony rapture of bliss—

Right was the pathway leading to this.