Once I lost my temper,
Threw it quite aside,
Oh! I did not realize,
Part of me had died,
Oh ! I did not realize,
That swift anger`s fire,
Burns the heart that reaches,
Towards the sky and higher,
Once I kept my temper,
When things tried my soul,
Kept it sweet and shinning,
Wonderful and whole,
Then and this truthful,
All the way I trod,
Seemed to lead me brightly,
Towards the throne of god