Sweet Is Pleasure

Long I ran in the snow of my winter
Freezing from the mental splinter
I was so cold, my heart was frozen too
I thought I'd never see the spring
I thought I never feel a thing
I finally warmed up when I came to you

Sweet is pleasure after pain
Warm is sunshine after rain
Comfortable is springtime after winter snow
Adversity strengthens the soul whose pain
Has tempered it to grow again
Sweet is pleasure, pleasure after pain

If there's nothing to compare it to
Pleasure loses something new
Iron sharpens iron, flame hardens steel
Pain is a teacher with which you will deal
As honey makes bitter tea taste sweet
Pleasure's sweet compared with bitter feats

Sweet is pleasure after pain
Warm is sunshine after rain
Sweet is pleasure, pleasure after pain