STRIVE always to be calm; be cheerful and sleep well; Delight in music; much with little children dwell; With glad "Good morning!" be it rosy dawn or gray; Thy burdens bravely bear, yet make thou no delay To help a feeble brother all the rugged way; Think not too much of self; nor idly fret and grieve That thou must all earth's wealth and beauty some day leave; Trust thou in God; and in holy footsteps tread Of those who live forever, though men count them dead. Wise as the serpent, and yet harmless as the dove— Be thou like Christ in heavenly patience and in love. |