For we need not answer ill with ill

When true love’s gone and doom hangs overhead
When life runs like a river to the sea
Then shall I take new lovers to my bed?
And with their carnal touch consoled be?

When my love lies,so breaks my tender heart.
When life seems grey and rocks bestrew my path.
Then, shall I my life of evil start?
And on the world shall I bestow my wrath?

When true love lies and wrecks all loyalty.
When puzzlement makes all my world seem
Then I shall upend causality
And  charge  myself  to do  what makes folk glad.

For we need not answer ill with ill
I turn towards goodness  with a better will