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DON'T be afraid of the dark, / My daughter, dear as my soul! / You see but a part of the gloomy world, / But I -- I have seen the whole, / And I know each step of the fearsome way, / Till the shadows brighten to open day.
Don't be afraid of pain, / My tender little child: / When its smart is worst there comes strength to bear, / And it seems as if angels smiled, -- / As I smile, dear, when I hurt you now. / In binding up that wound on your brow.
Don't be afraid of grief, / 'Twill come -- as night follows day, / But the bleakest sky has tiny rifts / When the stars shine through -- as to say / Wait, wait a little -- till night is o'er / And beautiful day come back once more.
O child, be afraid of sin, / But have no other fear, / For God's in the dark, as well as the light; / And while we can feel Him near, / His hand that He gives, His love that He gave, / Lead safely, even to the dark of the grave.