Hand in Hand/Song

by Alice MacDonald Kipling

Song

I'M lost to joy: I'm lost to love;
I'm lost to all would make me fain:
I lost my way in the light of day—
God send that I find it soon again!

I'm lost to peace; I'm lost to ease;
I'm lost to all would make me blest;
I lost my way in the light of day,
And I'm weary now and long to rest.

I'm lost to gladness and to mirth;
I'm lost to all that's good to find:
I lost my way in the light of day,
And left the good things all behind.

I wander West, I wander East,
And know not which is East or West;
I lost my way in the light of day,
And I seek it still, and never rest.

The Sun went down an hour ago;
I wonder if I face towards home?
If I lost my way in the light of day,
How shall I find it now night has come?