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golden rules in rhyme.
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 the rill that singeth still,
Whate'er be in its way, love
Ne'er on a shadow lay, love!
Be like the rill that singeth still,
Whate'er be in its way, love
Ne'er waste your heart in vain regret,
Tho' youth be dimm'd by care;
"For 1ovelier flowers than summer wreathes
May twine in winter's hair."
Tho' youth be dimm'd by care;
"For 1ovelier flowers than summer wreathes
May twine in winter's hair."
With childlike trust look forward still,
For Heaven is always near;
"Full oft our very fear of ill
Exceeds the ill we fear."
For Heaven is always near;
"Full oft our very fear of ill
Exceeds the ill we fear."
Nor question Fate! the world-ship still
Under seal'd orders sailing;
'Twere best the great Commander's skill
To trust with faith unfailing.
Under seal'd orders sailing;
'Twere best the great Commander's skill
To trust with faith unfailing.
