What Sweet of Life Endureth?

What sweet of life en­dur­eth

Unmixed with bit­ter pain?

’Midst earth­ly change and chanc­es

What glo­ry doth re­main?

All is a fee­ble sha­dow

A dream that will not stay;

Death com­eth in a mo­ment

And tak­eth all away.

O Christ

a light trans­cend­ent

Shines in Thy coun­te­nance

And none can tell the sweet­ness

The beau­ty of Thy glance.

In this may Thy poor serv­ant

His joy eter­nal find;

Thou calledst him

O rest him

Thou lov­er of man­kind!