I said to the man

who stood at the gate of the year

'Give me a light that I may tread

safely into the unknown.'

And he replied,'Go into the darkness and

put your hand into the hand of God

That shall be to you better than light and

safer than a known way!

'So I went forth and finding the Hand of God

Trod gladly into the night

He led me towards the hills

And the breaking of day in the lone east.....