In Patience

I will not faint, but trust in God
  Who this my lot hath given :
He leads me by the thorny road
  Which is the road to heaven.
Though sad my day that lasts so long,
At evening I shall have a song:
Though dim my day until the night,
At evening-time there shall be light.

My life is but a working day
Whose tasks are set aright:
A while to work, a while to pray
  And then a quiet night.
And then, please God, a quiet night
Where Saints and Angels walk in white:
One dreamless sleep from work and sorrow,
But re-awakening on the morrow.