 | The poems of Richard Henry Stoddard |  |
COURAGE AND PATIENCE.
Life is sad, because we know it,
Death, because we know it not;
But we will not fret or murmur,
Every man must bear his lot.
Coward hearts, who shrink and fly,
Are not fit to live or die.
Death, because we know it not;
But we will not fret or murmur,
Every man must bear his lot.
Coward hearts, who shrink and fly,
Are not fit to live or die.
Knowing life, we should not fear it,
Neither death, for that's unknown;
Courage, patience, these are virtues
Which for many sins atone.
Who has these—and have not I?
He is fit to live and die.
Neither death, for that's unknown;
Courage, patience, these are virtues
Which for many sins atone.
Who has these—and have not I?
He is fit to live and die.
| The poems of Richard Henry Stoddard | |