If we were to conceive What is as what's received That is as is accept What is as its effect And if it be that love Of all is far above, Made so by just decree, Then it must be:
To sail when tempests Bite your bark at sea: To love be true And you true Love will Free
To rise from drinking Life down to the lees: To love be true And you true Love will Free
To calm the stormy deep And weary soul to sleep: Part from what's past. To make the darkness seem A long departed dream: Put first what lasts.
And to undo that debt No soul can flee: To love be true And you true Love will Free
To love be true, To love be true, To love be true And you true Love will Free