When you've struggled hard and long <br />And the battle has gone wrong <br />And a world of cares oppress you, <br />Like cool water from a spring, <br />Like the balm the south-winds bring, <br />Are the simple words, 'God bless you.' <br /> <br />When you're going far away, <br />Far from all you love to stray, <br />And the parting-pangs distress you, <br />Like a sunbeam in the heart, <br />Though the choking ,tears may start, <br />Are the words, 'Good-bye, God bless <br />you.' <br /> <br />When the bitter days are past, <br />When your joy is full at last,, <br />And the winds of heaven caress you, <br />Then the heart will overflow <br />While the happy head bends low <br />And a true friend says, 'God bless you.' <br /> <br />Be his faith in James or Paul, <br />One God, many, or none at all,<br /><br />William Herbert Carruth<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/god-bless-you-9/
