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Rely on Right.
If sorrow come, resist it not,
Nor yet bow weakly to it;
Look up to meet the heaven-sent storm,
But see the rainbow through it.
Nor yet bow weakly to it;
Look up to meet the heaven-sent storm,
But see the rainbow through it.
And seek not bliss on airy heights,
Whose dizzy power doth rally;
The fragrant little heart's-ease lights
The lowliest, humblest valley.
Whose dizzy power doth rally;
The fragrant little heart's-ease lights
The lowliest, humblest valley.
The gem that clasps a royal robe,
The worldling's eye may dazzle,
But love will light his glow-worm lamp
In cot as well as castle.
The worldling's eye may dazzle,
But love will light his glow-worm lamp
In cot as well as castle.
If comes a blow from friend or foe,
With earnest good avenge it;
“The sandal-tree, with fragrant sigh,
Perfumes the axe that rends it.”
With earnest good avenge it;
“The sandal-tree, with fragrant sigh,
Perfumes the axe that rends it.”
Be like the sun, whose eye of joy
Ne'er on a shadow lay, love;
Be like a rill that singeth still,
Whate'er be in its way, love.
Ne'er on a shadow lay, love;
Be like a rill that singeth still,
Whate'er be in its way, love.
If once a purpose pure and high
You form, for naught forego it;
“The mulberry-leaf to silk is changed,
By patience,” says the poet.
You form, for naught forego it;
“The mulberry-leaf to silk is changed,
By patience,” says the poet.
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