O, Let the Solid Ground

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 heavens 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.